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I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our disposition and not on our circumstances. ↗

— Martha Washington

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Our nation was founded on the principals of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. ↗

— Leonard Boswell

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America has believed that in differentiation, not in uniformity, lies the path of progress. It acted on this belief; it has advanced human happiness, and it has prospered. ↗

— Louis D. Brandeis

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Happiness isn't getting what you want, it's wanting what you got. ↗

— Garth Brooks

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Happiness is the natural flower of duty. ↗

— Phillips Brooks

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Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

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Music is the refuge of souls ulcerated by happiness. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

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The secret of happiness is something to do. ↗

— John Burroughs

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Virtue is simply happiness, and happiness is a by-product of function. You are happy when you are functioning. ↗

— William Burroughs

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90%, 100% are going there to hear the singing. The story is another thing. Nobody's interested in the story. Happiness is happiness. ↗

— Cab Calloway

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