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Happiness Quotes by Thomas Paine
- When I contemplate the natural dignity of man; when I feel (for Nature has not been kind enough to me to blunt my feelings) for…
- Not a place upon earth might be so happy as America. Her situation is remote from all the wrangling world, and she has nothing to…
- But there is another and greater distinction for which no truly natural or religious reason can be assigned, and that is the distinction of men…
- I believe in one God, and no more; and I hope for happiness beyond this life.
- There is a happiness in Deism, when rightly understood, that is not to be found inany other system of religion. All other systems have something…
- Natural rights are those which always appertain to man in right of his existence. Of this kind are all the intellectual rights, or rights of…
- It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving, it…
- Independence is my happiness, and I view things as they are, without regard to place or person; my country is the world, and my religion…
- Society is produced by our wants, and government by wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining…
- It was needless, after this, to say that all was vanity and vexation of spirit; for it is impossible to derive happiness from the company…
- I believe in one God, and no more; and I hope for happiness beyond this life. I believe in the equality of humans; and I…
- It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself.
- When it shall be said in any country in the world my poor are happy; neither ignorance nor distress is to be found among them;…
More Happiness Quotes
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- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- He who hath many friends hath none. — Aristotle
- What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do. — Aristotle
- Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness. — Aristotle
- Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. — Aristotle
- Friendship is essentially a partnership. — Aristotle
- The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom. — Aristotle
- Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and… — Aristotle
- It is by not always thinking of yourself, if you can manage it, that you might somehow be happy. Until you make… — Richard Bach
- In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice. — Richard Bach