Felicity Quotes

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The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon. — Francis Bacon
Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things; and I firmly believe it requires… — Daniel Boone
Many children, many cares; no children, no felicity. — Christian Nestell Bovee
Marriage is distinctly and repeatedly excluded from heaven. Is this because it is thought likely to mar the general felicity? — Samuel Butler
A man's felicity consists not in the outward and visible blessing of fortune, but in the inward and unseen perfections and riches of the mind. — Thomas Carlyle
It seldom happens that any felicity comes so pure as not to be tempered and allayed by some mixture of sorrow. — Miguel de Cervantes
It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who would make a just estimate either of his virtue or felicity;… — Samuel Johnson
I didn't care at all about losing, but I just didn't want Emerson to feel bad, You know, I didn't win, but Felicity won, and… — Teri Hatcher
A garden was the primitive prison, till man with Promethean felicity and boldness, luckily sinned himself out of it. — Charles Lamb
There is more felicity on the far side of baldness than young men can possibly imagine. — Logan Pearsall Smith
Ods me I marle what pleasure or felicity they have in taking their roguish tobacco. It is good for nothing but to choke a man,… — Ben Jonson
Can it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a nation with its virtue? — George Washington
How many young hearts have revealed the fact that what they had been trained to imagine, the highest earthly felicity, was but the beginning of… — Catharine Beecher
Some of the Fathers went so far as to esteem the love of music a sign of predestination, as a thing divine, and reserved for… — William Temple
Can it be, that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a Nation with its virtue? The experiment, at least, is recommended by every… — George Washington
There exists in the economy and course of nature, an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness; between duty and advantage; between the genuine maxims of… — George Washington
If sensuality were happiness, beasts were happier than men; but human felicity is lodged in the soul, not in the flesh. — Seneca the Younger
Youth is too tumultuous for felicity; old age too insecure for happiness. The period most favorable to enjoyment, in a vigorous, fortunate, and generous life,… — Christian Nestell Bovee
A mind always employed is always happy. This is the true secret, the grand recipe, for felicity. — Thomas Jefferson
The Heavenly City outshines Rome beyond comparison. There, instead of victory, is truth; instead of high rank, holiness; instead of peace, felicity; instead of life,… — Saint Augustine

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