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Alas! if the principles of contentment are not within us, the height of station and worldly grandeur will as soon add a cubit to a man's stature as to his happiness. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

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If we did not look to marriage as the principal source of happiness, fewer marriages would end in tears. ↗

— Anthony Storr

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Happiness comes when we test our skills towards some meaningful purpose. ↗

— John Stossel

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The pursuit of happiness is in our Constitution. We're all entitled to have the best we can. ↗

— Loretta Swit

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To me, the most important thing is happiness. ↗

— Sheryl Swoopes

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Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait; and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in proportion as their stores increase, as the moon, when she is fullest, is farthest from the sun. ↗

— Robert Burton

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Unhappiness is something we are never taught about; we are taught to expect happiness, but never a Plan B to use to use when the happiness doesn't arrive. ↗

— Doug Coupland

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The strongest predictor of unhappiness is anyone who has had a mental illness in the last 10 years. It is an even stronger predictor of unhappiness than poverty - which also ranks highly. ↗

— Polly Toynbee

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My creed is that: Happiness is the only good. The place to be happy is here. The time to be happy is now. The way to be happy is to make others so. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

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The nature of life is mess, chaotic, exquisitely beautiful, excruciatingly painful, immensely joy-filled, and unpredictable. ↗

— Debra Moffitt

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