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The said truth is that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong. ↗

— Jeremy Bentham

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Happiness is always a coincidence. ↗

— Jose Bergamin

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Before examining this more carefully and investigating its consequences, I want to dwell for a moment in the contemplation of God, to ponder His attributes in me, to see, admire, and adore the beauty of His boundless light, insofar as my clouded insight allows. Believing that the supreme happiness of the other life consists wholly of the contemplation of divine greatness, I now find that through less perfect contemplation of the same sort I can gain the greatest joy available in this life. ↗

— René Descartes

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There are as many styles of beauty as there are visions of happiness. ↗

— Stendhal

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Children must early learn the the beauty of generosity. They are taught to give what they prize most, that they may taste the happiness of giving. ↗

— Charles Alexander Eastman

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Happiness is the natural flower of duty. ↗

— Phillips Brooks

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Traveling is the ruin of all happiness! There's no looking at a building after seeing Italy. ↗

— Fanny Burney

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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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