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Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Art is a jealous mistress; and if a man have a genius for painting, poetry, music, architecture or philosophy, he makes a bad husband and an ill provider.”

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

American essayist, poet, and philosopher. Born on May 25, 1803, and died on April 27, 1882. Known for his transcendentalist philosophy, his works have had a profound impact on literature and the intellectual world. more

“Though the most beautiful creature were waiting for me at the end of a journey or a walk; though the carpet were of silk, the curtains of the morning clouds; the chairs and sofa stuffed with cygnet's down; the food manna, the wine beyond claret, the window opening on Winander Mere, I should not feel -or rather my happiness would not be so fine, as my solitude is sublime.”

Source: John Keats - The Man Behind The Lyrics: Life, letters, and literary remains: Complete Letters and Two Extensive Biographies of one of the most beloved English Romantic poets

“Happiness is a sort of action.”

Action Happiness

Author:Aristotle

“Pleasure can be supported by an illusion; but happiness rests upon truth.”

Happiness Pleasure Illusion

Author:Nicolas Chamfort

“Shall I give you my recipe for happiness? I find everything useful and nothing indispensable. I find everything wonderful and nothing miraculous. I reverence the body. I avoid first causes like the plague.”

Giving Firsts Body Happiness Joy Causes Wonderful Laughter Reverence Indispensable Recipes Miraculous Plague

Book:South Wind

Source: South Wind

“Ambition makes the same mistake concerning power that avarice makes concerning wealth. She begins by accumulating power as a means to happiness, and she finishes by continuing to accumulate it as an end.”

Mean Ends Happiness Wealth Mistake Ambition Continuing Avarice My Ambition Same Mistakes