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Dorothea Dix Quote: “Happy are those who dwell apart…”

Happy are those who dwell apart from the harrowing tumults of public life!

October 28, 2021 1802, American, April 4, Dorothea Dix, Quotes by Activists

Sri Chinmoy Quote: “I am very happy because I…”

I am very happy because I have loved the world and not myself.

October 17, 2021 1931, August 27, Indian, Quotes by Philosophers, Sri Chinmoy

Henri Frederic Amiel Quote: “Tell me what you feel in…”

Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy.

September 28, 2021 1821, Henri Frederic Amiel, Quotes by Philosophers, September 27, Swiss

W. H. Auden Quote: “Sob, heavy world Sob as you…”

Sob, heavy world Sob as you spin, Mantled in mist Remote from the happy.

September 22, 2021 1907, English, February 21, Quotes by Poets, W. H. Auden

Thomas Carlyle Quote: “Happy the people whose annals are…”

Happy the people whose annals are vacant.

September 19, 2021 1795, December 4, Quotes by Philosophers, Scottish, Thomas Carlyle

Walter Savage Landor Quote: “We cannot be contented because we…”

We cannot be contented because we are happy, and we cannot be happy because we are contented.

September 18, 2021 1775, English, January 30, Quotes by Poets, Walter Savage Landor

Marquis de Lafayette Quote: “May these happy United States attain…”

May these happy United States attain that complete splendour and prosperity which will illustrate the blessings of their government, and for ages to come rejoice the departed souls of their founders!

September 17, 2021 1757, French, Marquis de Lafayette, Quotes by Revolutionaries, September 6

Virgil Quote: “Happy is he who can trace…”

Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.

September 16, 2021 70 BC, Quotes by Poets, Roman, Virgil

Ben Okri Quote: “I lived rough, by my wits…”

I lived rough, by my wits, was homeless, lived on the streets, lived on friends’ floors, was happy, was miserable.

September 7, 2021 1959, Ben Okri, March 15, Nigerian, Quotes by Poets

Michel Onfray Quote: “Socialists find me too far left…”

Socialists find me too far left; Trotskyites not far enough; ecologists say I am too happy eating foie gras, defending nuclear energy and GM plants; feminists find I am not enough of a woman; anarchists a petit-bourgeois who has sold out because I believe in universal suffrage.

August 28, 2021 1959, French, January 1, Michel Onfray, Quotes by Philosophers

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