#happines

Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels. ↗

— Bertolt Brecht

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There is no true love save in suffering, and in this world we have to choose either love, which is suffering, or happiness. Man is the more man - that is, the more divine - the greater his capacity for suffering, or rather, for anguish. ↗

— Miguel de Unamuno

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I have discovered the secret of happiness - it is work, either with the hands or the head. The moment I have something to do, the draughts are open and my chimney draws, and I am happy. ↗

— John Burroughs

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All who joy would win must share it. Happiness was born a Twin. ↗

— Lord Byron

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I am about to be married, and am of course in all the misery of a man in pursuit of happiness. ↗

— Lord Byron

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Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them. ↗

— Albert Camus

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I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness. ↗

— Queen Victoria

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How easy to be amiable in the midst of happiness and success. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

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I will never forget my beautiful days with you in Shanklin, they are certainly the most pleasant ones of my life. Look, I have tears in my eyes just to think about it. I am furious to be here, it is the end of happiness for a whole year. ↗

— Camille Claudel

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There had to be something wrong with my life. I should have been born a Yugoslavian shepherd who looked up at the Big Dipper every night. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#different-lives #discontentment #happiness #life #night