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Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.

Polly, June 12, 2013

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If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have a paradise in a few years.

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If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult not to demand of life more than it has to give.

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