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All human wisdom is summed up in two words wait and hope.

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There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest ...more

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I cannot think that man is meant to find happiness so easily! Happiness is like one of those palaces on an enchanted island, its gates guarded by drag...more

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All human wisdom is summed up in two words - wait and hope.

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Happiness is like those palaces in fairytales whose gates are guarded by dragons: We must fight in order to conquer it.

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He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.

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I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.

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the greater number of a man's errors come before him disguised under the specious form of necessity; then, after error has been committed in a moment ...more

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There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more.

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The truth is,’ replied Dantes, ‘that I am too happy for noisy mirth; ...joy takes a strange effect at times, it seems to oppress us almost the same as...more

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Darling, has not the count just told us that all human wisdom is summed up in two words? Wait and hope.

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Happy! who can answer for that? Happiness or unhappiness is the secret known but to oneself…

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He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. We must have felt what it is to die, Morrel, that we may appreciate th...more

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After which, satisfied with the way he had conducted himself at Meung, free of remorse for the past, confident in the present, and full of hope for th...more

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Those born to wealth, and who have the means of gratifying every wish, know not what is the real happiness of life, just as those who have been tossed...more