“Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day.” InspirationalHumansLittlesHappensPiecesGratitudeAdvantageFortuneGood FortuneFelicity Author:Benjamin Franklin
“Who is the most sensible person? The one who finds what is to their own advantage in all that happens to them.” PersonsHappensAdvantageCommon SenseSensible Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Every man speaks and writes with intent to be understood; and it can seldom happen but he that understands himself, might convey his notions to another, if, content to be understood, he did not seek to be admired; but when once he begins to contrive how his sentiments may be received, not with most ease to his reader, but with most advantage to himself, he then transfers his consideration from words to sounds, from sentences to periods, and, as he grows more elegant, becomes less intelligible.” IfsMenWritingMayMightHappensSpeakGrowsSoundReaderPeriodsUnderstoodAdvantageNotionSentencesEvery ManEaseConsiderationSentimentsElegantTransfers Book:The Idler: With Additional Essays Source: The Idler: With Additional Essays