"That sanguine expectation of happiness which is happiness itself.












…she had nothing to do but to forgive herself and be happier than ever…

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"Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation foolish preparation?
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"Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.
"How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!
"She was happy, she knew she was happy, and knew she ought to be happy.
"Happiness must preclude false indulgence and physic.
"Why not seize the pleasure at once? -- How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!
"You must be the best judge of your own happiness.
"What had she to wish for? Nothing, but to grow more worthy of him whose intentions and judgment had been ever so superior to her own.
"What had she have to wish for? Nothing but to grow more worthy of him whose intentions and judgment had been ever so superior to her own.
"I will not talk of my own happiness,' said he, 'great as it is, for I think only of yours. Compared with you, who has the right to be happy?
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"…for I look upon the Frasers to be about as unhappy as most other married people.
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.