Happiness Quotes

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

18390 quotes

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"I am malicious because I am miserable."
The Creature
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"Seek happiness in tranquility and avoid ambition."
Walton
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"The happiness of those who want to be popular depends on others; the happiness of those who seek pleasure fluctuates; but the happiness of the wise stands on a firm foundation."
Marcus Aurelius
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"The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better."
O'Brien
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"The choice for mankind lay between freedom and happiness, and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better."
O'Brien
O
"The choice for mankind lay between freedom and happiness, and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better."
O'Brien
O
"The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better."
O'Brien
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"My childhood had been my greatest happiness."
Pip
J
"I would always rather be happy than dignified."
Jane Eyre
J
"Reader, I married him."
Jane Eyre
E
"I am the happiest creature in the world."
Elizabeth Bennet
M
"Till this moment I never knew what it was to be happy."
Mr. Darcy
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"I am as happy as I can desire."
Jane Bennet
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"It was the happiest, the most beautiful, the most peaceful."
Pip
L
"I am not going to be made unhappy by your news"
Lucie Manette
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"I am dying of ennui."
Dorian Gray
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"I would always rather be happy than dignified."
Jane Eyre
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"I have never been so happy as I am now."
Pip
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"I think I have never been happier than I am now."
Pip
J
"I would always rather be happy than dignified."
Jane Eyre
C
"Whatever mind is not satisfied, cannot be happy."
Catherine Earnshaw
N
"Seek happiness in tranquility and avoid ambition."
Nelly Dean
L
"A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure."
Lord Henry Wotton
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"I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness."
Elizabeth Bennet
J
"I would always rather be happy than dignified."
Jane Eyre
P
"I have never been so near happiness as I am now."
Pip
L
"Pleasure is nature's test, her sign of approval."
Lord Henry Wotton
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"I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness."
Elizabeth Bennet
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"How long has it been that we have wished for such an event?"
Mrs. Bennet
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"What have wealth and grandeur to do with happiness?"
Elizabeth Bennet