The pursuit of happiness through selfish means will always l... - Harriet Martineau

"The pursuit of happiness through selfish means will always lead to misery."

Harriet Martineau Happiness

Sociologist Writer British 1802–1876

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"If we would have anything of value, we must earn it by labor."

"I am naturally a dissenter and a rebel, and I have my own thoughts."

"The true object of education should be to make people not merely docile, but free."

"No one can be really free while bound by debt."

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"My greatest joy is making people smile."

"Laughter and love make a home."

"The best things in life are free."