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Happiness Quotes by Andre Maurois

8 Happiness quotes by Andre Maurois

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Andre Maurois’s eight thoughts on happiness are brief yet thoughtful, offering a literary perspective on what it means to be content. This modest set works as a quick reference to his view on joy.

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It is not events and the things one sees and enjoys that produce happiness, but a state of mind which can endow…

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The greedy search for money or success will almost always lead men into unhappiness. Why? Because that kind of life makes them…

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Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.

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He who has found a good wife has found great happiness, but a quarrelsome woman is like a roof that lets in…

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A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.

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“And why wander in these labyrinths? Once more, for aesthetic reasons; because this present infinity, these "vertiginous symmetries," have their tragic beauty.…

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Happiness is never there to stay [...] Happiness is merely a respite offered by inquietude.

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Happiness flourishes where there is happiness...

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Sincerity is glass, discretion is diamond.

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“Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game is finished, that the stage…

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It is often said that in prosperity we have many friends, but that we are usually neglected when things go badly. I disagree. Not…

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Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.

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Inspiration in matters of taste will not come twice.

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The reading of a fine book is an uninterrupted dialogue in which the book speaks and our soul replies.

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“Doua fiinte umane ancorate una langa cealalta sunt ca doua corabii leganate de valuri; cocile lor se ciocnesc si gem.”

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Among the idle rich, boredom is one of the most common causes of unhappiness. People who have difficulty in earning their living may suffer…

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