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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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Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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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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Each person is living for himself; his own happiness is all he can ever personally feel. ↗

— Harry Browne

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Don't torture yourself over the past. Use it as a teacher. Whatever happened to you in the past, has only prepared you for now. ↗

— Robert Tew

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