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A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have...more

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Proshka was a man of self-esteem. He considered himself a cut above the rest, and had a degree of personal pride. His spell in prison was a humiliatin...more

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I feel even more incapable of returning to Russia the same as when I left it. It's just one more of those legends in Russia, confirmed by Passek, Slep...more

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He had learned that, as there is no situation in the world in which a man can be happy and perfectly free, so there is no situation in which he can be...more

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Man is created for happiness, that happiness lies in himself, in the satisfaction of simple human needs; and that all unhappiness is due, not to priva...more

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They say: misfortunes, sufferings...well, if someone said to me right now, this minute: do you want to remain the way you were before captivity, or li...more

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Pierre was right when he said that one must believe in the possibility of happiness in order to be happy, and I now believe in it. Let the dead bury t...more

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Happiness consists in always aspiring perfection, the pause in any level in perfection is the pause of happiness

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Happiness is pleasure without regret

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Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. It is the one thing we are interested in ...more

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Man is meant for happiness and this happiness is in him in the satisfaction of the daily needs of his existence.

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One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken.

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Seize the moments of happiness, Love and be Loved!That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly!

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I think the motive force of all our action is, after all, personal happiness.

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And not only the pride of intellect, but the stupidity of intellect. And, above all, the dishonesty, yes, the dishonesty of intellect. Yes, indeed, th...more