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Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it.

Polly, June 13, 2013

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We are built to conquer environment, solve problems, achieve goals, and we find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve.

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Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.

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