Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always proud of himself as the source of it.
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There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern.
Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have no other enjoyment than mere animal pleasure.
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We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself.
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With these celestial Wisdom calms the mind, And makes the happiness she does not find.
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It is seldom that we find either men or places such as we expect them.. Yet it is necessary to hope, though hope should always be deluded, for hope itself is happiness, and its frustrations, however frequent, are yet less dreadful than its extinction.
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I fly from pleasure, said the prince, because pleasure has ceased to please; I am lonely because I am miserable, and am unwilling to cloud with my presence the happiness of others.