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Different men seek ... happiness in different ways and by different means.

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Happiness is a quality of the soul...not a function of one's material circumstances.

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Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions.

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Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life the whole aim and end of human existence

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Happiness is a state of activity.

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Happiness depends upon ourselves.

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Happiness seems to require a modicum of external prosperity.

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One swallow does not make a summer,neither does one fine day; similarly one day or brief time of happiness does not make a person entirely happy.

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The happy life is thought to be one of excellence; now an excellent life requires exertion, and does not consist in amusement. If Eudaimonia, or happi...more