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FRANร‡OIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than trying to be happy ourselves.

The happiness or unhappiness of men depends no less upon their dispositions than on their fortunes.

FRANร‡OIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

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THOMAS HOOD

So sorrow is shared by being poured from one vessel into another.

THOMAS HOOD

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JOHN RAY

Little children, little sorrows; big children, big sorrows.

JOHN RAY

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THOMAS SHADWELL

No man is happy but by comparison.

THOMAS SHADWELL

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WILLIAM HAZLITT

I have wanted only one thing to keep me happy, but wanting that has wanted everything.

WILLIAM HAZLITT

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JEAN-BAPTISTE POQUELIN

Unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs

JEAN-BAPTISTE POQUELIN

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FRANK MCKINNEY

It's pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.

FRANK MCKINNEY

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250 reads

HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW

Believe me, every man has his secret sorrows, which the world knows not; and oftentimes we call a man cold when he is only sad.

HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW

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VICTOR HUGO

The misery of a child is interesting to a mother, the misery of a young man is interesting to a young woman, the misery of an old man is interesting to nobody.

VICTOR HUGO

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HORACE WALPOLE

The world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel

HORACE WALPOLE

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Finding the meaning of life existence and the mysteries all around us.

The concept of happiness and sorrow are two strong emotions that drive a man down two strong paths one of pure beauty and one of utter mayhem and destruction.

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