Happiness Quotes

Is it a destination or a practice? These quotes explore the most sought-after human experience.

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"A kingdom flourishes when its people are content."
Louis XVI
"I lived for pleasure, and pleasure has been my ruin."
Marie Antoinette
"I have found happiness in the simplest things."
Marie Antoinette
"Happiness is a choice we make."
Marie Antoinette
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"Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but of a contented mind."
Napoleon Bonaparte
"The greatest happiness principle may rightfully be described as the Greatest Felicity Principle."
John Stuart Mill
"The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, Utility or the Greatest Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness."
John Stuart Mill
"The multiplication of happiness is, according to the utilitarian ethics, the object of virtue."
John Stuart Mill
"Pleasure and freedom from pain, are the only things desirable as ends."
John Stuart Mill
"One thing we must always remember is that if we ever reach the point of perfect social adjustment among ourselves as a race, we shall have removed one of the most essential condiments of human happiness."
John Stuart Mill
"Happiness is found in purpose, not in pleasure alone."
Wilhelm II
"The pursuit of happiness often leads one away from its discovery."
Wilhelm II
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"Happiness is the companion of those who live authentically."
Camille Desmoulins
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"The greatest happiness comes from lifting others from despair."
Camille Desmoulins
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"The pursuit of happiness requires the pursuit of justice first."
Jean-Paul Marat
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"Happiness cannot be stolen from those who are free."
Jean-Paul Marat
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"I have found that happiness comes from within, not from external circumstances."
Louis XVI
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"The pursuit of happiness is often a greater obstacle to happiness than its absence."
Louis XVI
"The pursuit of happiness is our right."
Georges Danton
"I dance through life, for laughter is the only rebellion remaining to me."
Marie Antoinette
"I would choose a day of genuine happiness over years of empty splendor."
Marie Antoinette
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"The happiness of the people is the only legitimate end of government."
Robespierre
"One must live for the moment when true happiness reveals itself."
Marie Antoinette
"The sweetness of simple pleasures surpasses the grandeur of empty luxury."
Marie Antoinette
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"The pursuit of happiness must never eclipse the pursuit of justice."
Robespierre
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"The pursuit of happiness without the pursuit of meaning is a hollow victory."
Camille Desmoulins
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"Enjoy life today. Yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come."
Napoleon Bonaparte
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"True happiness is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose."
Napoleon Bonaparte
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"To refuse to be happy is to insist on some right which the world denies."
Napoleon Bonaparte
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"The happiness of a nation can be calculated by how well its poor are treated."
Otto von Bismarck