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- No man is happy who does not think himself so.
- Publilius Syrus (~100 BC), Maxims
- Very little is needed to make a happy life.
- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121 AD - 180 AD), Meditations
- There is no greater sorrow
Than to be mindful of the happy time In misery. - Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321), The Divine Comedy
- As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.
- Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519), The Notebooks
- ...And I've looked over, and I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land. So I'm happy tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man.
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968), Speech in Memphis, April 3, 1968, the day before King was assassinated
- This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands,-- This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England. - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "King Richard II", Act 2 scene 1
- Silence is the perfectest herald of joy: I were but little happy, if I could say how much.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "Much Ado about Nothing", Act 2 scene 1
- This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.
- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Man and Superman, Epistle Dedicatory
- Nearly all marriages, even happy ones, are mistakes: in the sense that almost certainly (in a more perfect world, or even with a little more care in this very imperfect one) both partners might be found more suitable mates. But the real soul-mate is the one you are actually married to.
- J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973), Letter to Michael Tolkien, March 1941
- Happy the man, and happy he alone,
He, who can call to-day his own: He who, secure within, can say, To-morrow do thy worst, for I have lived today. - John Dryden (1631 - 1700)
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