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title: "43 Happiness Quotes By Benjamin Franklin"
description: "A collection of Benjamin Franklin's thoughts on happiness and contentment."
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> [Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/who-is-rich-he-that-is-content-who-is-that-nobody/)

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> [Happy's the Wooing, that's not long a doing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/happy-s-the-wooing-that-s-not-long-a-doing/)

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> [The foundation of all happiness in thinking rightly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/the-foundation-of-all-happiness-in-thinking-rightly/)

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> [He that's content hath enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/he-that-s-content-hath-enough/)

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> [Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/be-in-general-virtuous-and-you-will-be-happy/)

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> [Who is strong? He that can conquer his bad habits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/who-is-strong-he-that-can-conquer-his-bad-habits/)

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> [Joy doesn't exist in the world, it exists in us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/joy-doesn-t-exist-in-the-world-it-exists-in-us/)

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> [Virtue and Happiness are Mother and Daughter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/virtue-and-happiness-are-mother-and-daughter/)

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> [In order to be happy you need a good dog, a good woman, and ready money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/in-order-to-be-happy-you-need-a-good-dog-a-good-woman-and-ready-money/)

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> [Those who are content have enough; those that complain, have too much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/those-who-are-content-have-enough-those-that-complain-have-too-much/)

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> [Let me resolve to be virtuous, that I may be happy, that I may please Him, who is delighted to see me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/let-me-resolve-to-be-virtuous-that-i-may-be-happy-that-i-may-please/)

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> [The United States Constitution only gives the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/the-united-states-constitution-only-gives-the-right-to-pursue/)

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> [Contentment makes a poor person rich and discontent makes a rich person poor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/contentment-makes-a-poor-person-rich-and-discontent-makes-a-rich/)

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> [“The U.S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. Your have to catch up with it yourself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/the-u-s-constitution-doesn-t-guarantee-happiness-only-the-pursuit-of/)

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> [Human happiness comes not from infrequent pieces of good fortune, but from the small improvements to daily life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/human-happiness-comes-not-from-infrequent-pieces-of-good-fortune-but/)

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> [Marriage is the most natural state of man, and... the state in which you will find solid happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/marriage-is-the-most-natural-state-of-man-and-the-state-in-which-you/)

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> [The happy State of Matrimony is, undoubtedly, the surest and most lasting Foundation of Comfort and Love . . . the Cause…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/the-happy-state-of-matrimony-is-undoubtedly-the-surest-and-most/)

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> [Happiness consists more in the small conveniences of pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/happiness-consists-more-in-the-small-conveniences-of-pleasures-that/)

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> [The punishment of murder by death is contrary to reason, and to the order and happiness of society, and contrary to divine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/the-punishment-of-murder-by-death-is-contrary-to-reason-and-to-the/)

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> [If you teach a poor young man to shave himself, and keep his razor in order, you may contribute more to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/if-you-teach-a-poor-young-man-to-shave-himself-and-keep-his-razor-in-2/)

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> [I was surprised to find myself so much fuller of Faults than I had imagined, but I had the Satisfaction of seeing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/i-was-surprised-to-find-myself-so-much-fuller-of-faults-than-i-had/)

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> [On the whole, though I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining, but fell far short of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/on-the-whole-though-i-never-arrived-at-the-perfection-i-had-been-so/)

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> [What is without us has no connection with happiness, only so far as the preservation of our lives and health depends upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/what-is-without-us-has-no-connection-with-happiness-only-so-far-as/)

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> [Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/money-has-never-made-man-happy-nor-will-it-there-is-nothing-in-its/)

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> [You will see in this my notion of good works, that I am far from expecting to merit heaven by them. By…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/you-will-see-in-this-my-notion-of-good-works-that-i-am-far-from/)

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> [I believe there is one Supreme most perfect being. ... I believe He is pleased and delights in the happiness of those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/i-believe-there-is-one-supreme-most-perfect-being-i-believe-he-is/)

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> [With regard to future bliss, I cannot help imagining that multitudes of the zealously orthodox of different sects, who at the last…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/with-regard-to-future-bliss-i-cannot-help-imagining-that-multitudes/)

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> [Let honesty be as the breath of thy soul; then shalt thou reach the point of happiness, and independence shall be thy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/let-honesty-be-as-the-breath-of-thy-soul-then-shalt-thou-reach-the/)

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> [Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. There is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/money-never-made-a-man-happy-yet-nor-will-it-there-is-nothing-in-its/)

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> [an enormous proportion of property vested in a few individuals is dangerous to the rights, and destructive of the common happiness of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/an-enormous-proportion-of-property-vested-in-a-few-individuals-is/)

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> [“There are two ways of being happy: We may either diminish our wants or augment our means- either will do- the result…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/there-are-two-ways-of-being-happy-we-may-either-diminish-our-wants-or/)

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> [The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/the-constitution-only-guarantees-the-american-people-the-right-to-2/)

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> [If you would not be laughed at, be the first to laugh at yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/if-you-would-not-be-laughed-at-be-the-first-to-laugh-at-yourself/)

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> [It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/it-is-the-working-man-who-is-the-happy-man-it-is-the-idle-man-who-is/)

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> [We are not so sensible of the greatest Health as of the least Sickness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/we-are-not-so-sensible-of-the-greatest-health-as-of-the-least-sickness/)

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> [By heaven we understand a state of happiness infinite in degree, and endless in duration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/by-heaven-we-understand-a-state-of-happiness-infinite-in-degree-and/)

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> [Marriage is the most natural state of man, and therefore the state in which one is most likely to find solid happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/marriage-is-the-most-natural-state-of-man-and-therefore-the-state-in/)

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> [Content and Riches seldom meet together, Riches take thou, contentment I had rather.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/content-and-riches-seldom-meet-together-riches-take-thou-contentment/)

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> [If you wouldn't live long, live well; for folly and wickedness shorten life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/if-you-wouldn-t-live-long-live-well-for-folly-and-wickedness-shorten/)

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> [The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/the-constitution-only-gives-people-the-right-to-pursue-happiness-you/)

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## More by Benjamin Franklin

> [Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/before-noah-men-having-only-water-to-drink-could-not-find-the-truth/)

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> [Think of these things, whence you came, where you are going, and to whom you must account.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/think-of-these-things-whence-you-came-where-you-are-going-and-to-whom/)

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> [“Give me 26 lead soldiers and I will conquer the world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/give-me-26-lead-soldiers-and-i-will-conquer-the-world/)

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> [Flowers are the alphabet of angels, whereby they write on the hills and fields mysterious truths.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/flowers-are-the-alphabet-of-angels-whereby-they-write-on-the-hills/)

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> [In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/in-the-affairs-of-this-world-men-are-saved-not-by-faith-but-by-the/)

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> [By heaven we understand a state of happiness infinite in degree, and endless in duration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/by-heaven-we-understand-a-state-of-happiness-infinite-in-degree-and/)

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> [I have thought that wild flowers might be the alphabet of angels, — whereby they write on hills and fields mysterious truths, which it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/i-have-thought-that-wild-flowers-might-be-the-alphabet-of-angels/)

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> [How do you become better tomorrow? By improving yourself, the world is made better. Be not afraid of growing too slowly. Be afraid of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/how-do-you-become-better-tomorrow-by-improving-yourself-the-world-is/)

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> [Little leaks sink the ship.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/little-leaks-sink-the-ship/)

[Benjamin Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-franklin/)

> [Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/who-is-rich-he-that-is-content-who-is-that-nobody/)

[Benjamin Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-franklin/)

> [“But on the whole, though I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining, but fell far short of it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/but-on-the-whole-though-i-never-arrived-at-the-perfection-i-had-been/)

[Benjamin Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-franklin/)

> [The good particular men may do separately, in relieving the sick, is small, compared with what they may do collectively.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/the-good-particular-men-may-do-separately-in-relieving-the-sick-is/)

[Benjamin Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-franklin/)

> [Love your Neighbour; yet don't pull down your Hedge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/love-your-neighbour-yet-don-t-pull-down-your-hedge/)

[Benjamin Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-franklin/)

> [Take counsel in wine, but resolve afterwards in water.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/take-counsel-in-wine-but-resolve-afterwards-in-water/)

[Benjamin Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-franklin/)

> [He that's secure is not safe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/he-that-s-secure-is-not-safe/)

[Benjamin Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-franklin/)

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