I don’t think man was meant to attain happiness so easily. Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it. ― Alexandre Dumas

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Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced.

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Happiness is the only thing that multiplies when you share it. - Albert Schweitzer

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We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.

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My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose. ― Ayn Rand

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To be happy, make other people happy.

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Often, moreover, it is...that aspect of our being that society finds eccentric, ridiculous, or disagreeable, that holds our sweet waters, our secret well of happiness, the key to our equanimity in malevolent climes. ― Tom Robbins

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We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. -- Thomas Jefferson

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I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel._ Maya Angelou

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He felt immense tenderness for her. He was sure that he would always love her, for my happiness and also my misfortune.

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