"Happiness" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the poilus converse who are suddenly placed under the spell of a town. More and more they rejoice in the beautiful scene, so neat and incredibly clean. They resume possession of life tranquil and peaceful, of that conception of comfort and even of happiness for which in the ...
— Under Fire - The Story of a Squad • Henri Barbusse
... I set my face towards the pleasant places, and I keep it in that direction. It is the cult of some to be miserable; it is mine to be happy. The person who does most good in the world is the person who reflects the greatest amount of happiness. Therefore, I am a philanthropist. You shall learn from me, my young friend, how to banish some of that gloom from your face. You shall learn how ...
— The Double Traitor • E. Phillips Oppenheim
... her fingers to the bone, and live on oatmeal, to give her father the comforts he required; but to have Eugene brought down from his natural station was more than she could endure. His welfare must be secured at the cost not only of Aurelia's sweet presence, but of her happiness; and Betty durst not ask herself what more she dreaded, knowing too that she would probably be quite incapable of altering her father's determination whatever it might be, and that he was inclined to ...
— Love and Life • Charlotte M. Yonge
... although there are fears, there are hopes also. The people have preserved this, their own chosen Constitution, for forty years, and have seen their happiness, prosperity, and renown grow with its growth, and strengthen with its strength. They are now, generally, strongly attached to it. Overthrown by direct assault, it cannot be; evaded, undermined, NULLIFIED, ...
— American Eloquence, Volume I. (of 4) - Studies In American Political History (1896) • Various
... finish the sentence, for it seemed to her selfish to throw her right to happiness into the scale against Gianluca's life. But she ...
— Taquisara • F. Marion Crawford
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