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Benjamin Franklin2 quotes
Human felicity is produc'd not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen, as by little advantages that occur every day. — Benjamin Franklin · 1790Who is rich? He that rejoices in his Portion. — Benjamin Franklin · 1744Euripides1 quote
Be happy, drink, think each day your own as you live it and leave the rest to fortune. — Euripides · 438 BCHelen Keller1 quote
Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content. — Helen Keller · 1902Horace1 quote
Cease your efforts to find where the last rose lingers. — Horace · 23 BCJames Joyce1 quote
He was unheeded, happy and near to the wild heart of life. — James Joyce · 1915Jim Carrey1 quote
I wish people could realize all their dreams and wealth and fame so that they could see that it’s not where you’re going to find your sense of completion. — Jim Carrey · 2014Joseph Addison1 quote
True Happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise: it 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 · 1711Lady Ho1 quote
When a pair of magpies fly together
They do not envy the pair of phoenixes. — Lady Ho · 300 BCLarry David1 quote
I'm feeling pretty good. Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty good. — Larry David · 2001Leo Tolstoy1 quote
A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it done to them; then work which one hopes may be of some use; then rest, nature, books, music, love for one's neighbor-such is my idea of happiness. — Leo Tolstoy · 1859Lou Reed1 quote
It's such a perfect day
I'm glad I spent it with you
Oh, such a perfect day
You just keep me hanging on. — Lou Reed · 1972Plutarch1 quote
How strongly does this bear out the truth of Plato's maxim, that he who wishes to be really rich ought to lessen his desires rather than increase his property, because if a man places no bounds to his covetousness, he never will be free from want and misery. — PlutarchWilla Cather1 quote
That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great. When it comes to one, it comes as naturally as sleep. — Willa Cather · 1918William Shakespeare1 quote
He is well paid that is well satisfied. — William Shakespeare · 1598