True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions. — Joseph Addison

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Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time. ― Marthe Troly

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We often fully sense and relish the radiance of happiness only after it is has escaped through the backstage door, stealthily and silently. ("Happy days are back again") ― Erik Pevernagie

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Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness. _ Frank Tyger

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For what are the words with which to summarize a lifetime, so much crowded confused happiness terminated by such stark slow-motion pain? ― Joyce Carol Oates

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Sorrow happens, hardship happens, the hell with it, who never knew the price of happiness, will not be happy.

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A stumble may prevent a fall.

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Happiness Simple as a glass of chocolate or tortuous as the heart. Bitter. Sweet. Alive. —Joanne Harris

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For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?

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