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title: "4 Happiness Opposite Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [I think life is difficult and that's that. I am not at all - absolutely not at all - interested in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamaica-kincaid/i-think-life-is-difficult-and-that-s-that-i-am-not-at-all-absolutely/)

[Jamaica Kincaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamaica-kincaid/)

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> [It is the active exercise of our faculties in conformity with virtue that causes happiness, and the opposite activities its opposite.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/it-is-the-active-exercise-of-our-faculties-in-conformity-with-virtue/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

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> [“People think that an expensive car--a stimulus--will lead to a response of happiness. If they have a great paying job--the proper stimulus,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/art-berg/people-think-that-an-expensive-car-a-stimulus-will-lead-to-a-response/)

[Art Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/art-berg/)

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> [A good man may make the best even of poverty and disease, and the other ills of life; but he can only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/a-good-man-may-make-the-best-even-of-poverty-and-disease-and-the/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

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