#pines

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

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Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone. ↗

— Sigmund Freud

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Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness. ↗

— William E. Gladstone

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The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number. ↗

— William Dean Howells

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It's pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed. ↗

— Kin Hubbard

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We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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I learned that people everywhere are basically the same and have similar goals that we do. They want health and happiness and the opportunity to provide for their families. ↗

— Steve Kerr

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Just try to be happy. Unhappiness starts with wanting to be happier. ↗

— Sam Levenson

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Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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Happiness? No, it's not there for me. ↗

— Robert Mapplethorpe

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