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To see a man fearless in dangers. u…

13 Oct , 2011  

To see a man fearless in dangers. untainted with lusts, happy in adversity, composed in a tumult, and laughing at all those things which are generally either coveted or feared, all men must acknowledge that this can be from nothing else but a beam of divinity that influences a mortal body. Great short quote and […]

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Foster C. McClellan

Trust yourself. Create the kind of …

5 Aug , 2011  

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement. Great short quote and quotation by: Foster C. McClellan ,

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Use, do not abuse; neither abstinen…

24 Mar , 2011  

Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy. Great short quote and quotation by: Voltaire , French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 – 1778)

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Very little is needed to make a hap…

24 Mar , 2011  

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. Great short quote and quotation by: Marcus Aurelius Antoninus , Roman Emperor, A.D. 161-180 (121 AD – 180 AD)

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Very little is needed to make a hap…

24 Mar , 2011  

Very little is needed to make a happy life. Great short quote and quotation by: Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Meditations , Roman Emperor, A.D. 161-180 (121 AD – 180 AD)

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We act as though comfort and luxury…

15 Feb , 2011  

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements in life, when all we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about. Great short quote and quotation by: Charles Kingsley , English Anglican clergyman & novelist (1819 – 1875)

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Charles Kingsley

We act as though comfort and luxury…

15 Feb , 2011  

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about. Great short quote and quotation by: Charles Kingsley , English Anglican clergyman & novelist (1819 – 1875)

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Francois De La Rochefoucauld

We are more interested in making ot…

15 Feb , 2011  

We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves. Great short quote and quotation by: Francois De La Rochefoucauld , French author & moralist (1613 – 1680)

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R. J. Baughan

We find greatest joy, not in gettin…

15 Feb , 2011  

We find greatest joy, not in getting, but expressing what we are. Men do not really live for honors or for pay; their gladness is not in the taking and holding, but in the doing, the striving, the building, the living. It is a higher joy to teach than to be taught. It is good […]

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Jean de La Bruyere

We must laugh before we are happy, …

15 Feb , 2011  

We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all. Great short quote and quotation by: Jean de La Bruyere , French moralist (1645 – 1696)

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Horace, Satires

We rarely find anyone who can say h…

15 Feb , 2011  

We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest. Great short quote and quotation by: Horace, Satires , Roman lyric poet & satirist (65 BC – 8 BC)

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Leo Tolstoy

What counts in making a happy marri…

15 Feb , 2011  

What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are, but how you deal with incompatibility. Great short quote and quotation by: Leo Tolstoy , Russian mystic & novelist (1828 – 1910)

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