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The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it. ↗

— Jacques Yves Cousteau

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One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person. ↗

— William Feather

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The faces of most American women over thirty are relief maps of petulant and bewildered unhappiness. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Oh, if I had been loved at the age of seventeen, what an idiot I would be today. Happiness is like smallpox: if you catch it too soon, it can completely ruin your constitution. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

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Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

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There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something. ↗

— Henry Ford

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Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service. ↗

— Henry Ford

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I'm so alive. As I stand facing the beauty of the never-ending Pacific Ocean, a late afternoon breeze blows down from the hills behind. As always, it is a beautiful day. The sun is making its final descent. The magic is about to begin. The skies are ready to burn with brilliance, as it turns from a soft blue to a bright orange. Looking towards the West, I stare in awe at the hypnotic power of the waves. A giant curl begins to take form, then breaks with a thundering clap as it crashes on the shore. ↗

— Dave Pelzer

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As to happiness in this life it is hardly compatible with that diminished respect which ever attends the relinquishing of labour. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

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Happiness is perfume, you can't pour it on somebody else without getting a few drops on yourself. ↗

— James Van Der Zee

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