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The happiness of society is the end of government. ↗

— John Adams

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True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly be corrupt. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime. ↗

— Vittorio Alfieri

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We all agree that its fit to be as Happy as we can, and we need no Instructor to teach us this Knowledge, 'tis born with us, and is inseparable from our Being, but we very much need to be Inform'd what is the true Way to Happiness. ↗

— Mary Astell

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For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the disease; he is burdened with his own sorrow, and groans on seeing another's happiness. ↗

— Aeschylus

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Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times. ↗

— Aeschylus

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I don't really care how I am remembered as long as I bring happiness and joy to people. ↗

— Eddie Albert

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Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. ↗

— Cory Doctorow

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