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A string of excited, fugitive, miscellaneous pleasures is not happiness; happiness resides in imaginative reflection and judgment, when the picture of one's life, or of human life, as it truly has been or is, satisfies the will, and is gladly accepted. ↗

— George Santayana

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It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss; volatile spirits prefer unhappiness. ↗

— George Santayana

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Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experiment. ↗

— George Santayana

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Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness. ↗

— George Santayana

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Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character. ↗

— George Santayana

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My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe and denies only gods fashioned by men in their own image, to be servants of their human interests. ↗

— George Santayana

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In the U.S., they just want to know who you're sleeping with. ↗

— Susan Sarandon

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You guys ask really long questions. In the U.S., they just want to know who you're sleeping with. ↗

— Susan Sarandon

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Be able to defend your arguments in a rational way. Otherwise, all you have is an opinion. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

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Developing our sympathetic compassion is not only possible but the only reason for us to be here on earth. ↗