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 would always rather be happy than dignified."
Jane Eyre
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"Do I feel joy again?"
Arthur Dimmesdale
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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 in these last few days"
Pip
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"I had never seen him in such spirits before"
Pip
J
"I would always rather be happy than dignified"
Jane Eyre
J
"I am the happiest creature in the world."
Jane Bennet
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"I feel as though I were floating in air"
Lucie Manette
L
"Pleasure is the only thing worth having a theory about."
Lord Henry Wotton
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"I would always rather be happy than dignified."
Jane Eyre
J
"I felt a strange joy when she praised me."
Jane Eyre
A
"Do I feel joy again?—warm, real, individual existence again?"
Arthur Dimmesdale
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"The happiness I have gained has not been proportioned to my sacrifices."
Pip
J
"I would always rather be happy than dignified."
Jane Eyre
J
"I would rather be a happy death than a miserable immortality."
Jane Eyre
J
"Reader, I married him."
Jane Eyre
J
"What is the use of living if I may not live in joy?"
Jane Eyre
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"I make the best of it and seek happiness where I can find it."
Herbert Pocket
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"I see the life I might have had, and it gives me an unspeakable joy"
Sydney Carton
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"I would always rather be happy than dignified."
Jane Eyre
C
"I see now you think I should be miserable without him."
Catherine Earnshaw
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"My happiness was complete if I could save my master."
Nelly Dean
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"I would always rather be happy than dignified."
Jane Eyre
M
"Lady Catherine has been of infinite use, which ought to make her happy."
Mr. Darcy
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"My happiness was just beginning when it ended"
Catherine Earnshaw
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"My life is fully occupied, and satisfactory"
Lucie Manette
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"I was not a happy boy; I was not a happy man"
Pip
J
"I would always rather be happy than dignified."
Jane Eyre
J
"Reader, I married him."
Jane Eyre
E
"I would always rather be happy than dignified."
Elizabeth Bennet