Felicity Quotes

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In a drear-nighted December, Too happy, happy tree, Thy branches ne'er remember Their green felicity. — John Keats
I have now reigned above fifty years in victory and peace, beloved by my subjects, dreaded by my enemies, and respected by my allies. Riches… — Unknown Author
To live without feeling or exciting sympathy, to be fortunate without adding to the felicity of others, or afflicted without tasting the balm of pity,… — Samuel Johnson
In his address of 19 September 1796, given as he prepared to leave office, President George Washington spoke about the importance of morality to the… — George Washington
Pleasures, riches, honor and joy are sure to have care, disgrace, adversity and affliction in their train. There is no pleasure without pain, no joy… — Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three. — Washington Irving
It is only with the companionship of the Holy Ghost that we can hope to be equally yoked in a marriage free from discord. I… — Henry B. Eyring
Nature's old felicities. — William Wordsworth
My first movie was this independent that I did on the Erie Canal in 1995, called Erie, that I don't know if you could even… — Will Arnett
The object of every free government is the public good, and all lesser interests yield to it. That of every tyrannical government, is the happiness… — Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger
Let it not, therefore, be said that the Sovereign is not subject to the laws of his State; since the contrary is a true proposition… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Play the flute of felicity! You, yourself, are the melody. — Unknown Author
But I have long thought that if you knew a column of advertisements by heart, you could achieve unexpected felicities with them. You can get… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
An interval of meditation, serious and grateful, was the best corrective of everything dangerous in such a high-wrought felicity; and she went to her room,… — Jane Austen
One cannot but mistrust a prospect of felicity: one must enjoy it before one can believe in it. — Moliere
They flaunt their conjugal felicity in one's face, as if it were the most fascinating of sins. — Oscar Wilde
To see helpless infancy stretching out her hands, and pouring out her cries in testimony of dependence, without any powers to alarm jealousy, or any… — Samuel Johnson
Wives invariably flourish when deserted; ... it is the deserting male, the reckless idealist rushing about the world seeking a non-existent felicity, who often ends… — William McFee
Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity. — George Meredith
The influence of electricity in producing decompositions, although of inestimable value as an instrument of discovery in chemical inquiries, can hardly be said to have… — Charles Babbage

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