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A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.

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All happiness depends on courage and work.

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Some day you will find out that there is far more happiness in another's happiness than in your own.

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Man cannot spend all his time doing evil, and even in the company of pirates there must be some sweet moments on their sinister ship when you feel as ...more

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No one was irritable; we have never known anyone to remain unhappy while digesting a good meal. We enjoy lingering in a becalmed state, a kind of midp...more

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Happy?" asked Aquilina, with dreadful look, and a smile full of pity and terror. "Ah, you do not know what it is to be condemned to a life of pleasure...more