What importance can we attach to the things of this world? Friendship? It disappears when the one who is liked comes to grief, or the one who likes becomes powerful. Love? it is deceived, fleeting, or guilty. Fame? You share it with mediocrity or crime. Fortune? Could that frivolity be counted a blessing? All that […]
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When one is happy there is no time to be fatigued; being happy engrosses the whole attention. Great short quote and quotation by: E. F. Benson ,
When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy. Great short quote and quotation by: Samuel Goldwyn , US (Polish-born) movie producer (1882 – 1974)
When times are good, be happy, but when time are bad consider; God has made the one as well as the other. Great short quote and quotation by: Bible, Ecclesaistes 7:14 ,
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, chapter 6
When we are happy we are always good, but when we are good we are not always happy. Great short quote and quotation by: Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, chapter 6 , Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)
Whoever feels pain in hearing a good character of his neighbor, will feel a pleasure in the reverse. And those who despair to rise in distinction by their virtues, are happy if others can be depressed to a level of themselves. Great short quote and quotation by: Benjamin Franklin , US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, […]
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Emanuel Swedenborg, From the book "Arcana Coelestia" #4984
You are not made happy by the true things you believe from your faith, but by the goodness which comes from your faith. Great short quote and quotation by: Emanuel Swedenborg, From the book “Arcana Coelestia” #4984 , Swedish mystic & scientist (1688 – 1772)
You can choose to be happy or sad and whichever you choose that is what you get. No one is really responsible to make someone else happy, no matter what most people have been taught and accept as true. Great short quote and quotation by: Sidney Madwed ,
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J. Jacques, Questionable Content webcomic, #352, 05-04-05
You can either hold yourself up to the unrealistic standards of others, or ignore them and concentrate on being happy with yourself as you are. Great short quote and quotation by: J. Jacques, Questionable Content webcomic, #352, 05-04-05 ,
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You go back. You search for what made you happy when you were smaller. We are all grown up children, really… So one should go back and search for what was loved and found to be real. Great short quote and quotation by: Audrey Hepburn ,
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