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“Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due.”

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Author:William Ralph Inge

“I certainly do believe that a lot of comedy comes from awkwardness and embarrassment - pointing out the ways things are uncomfortable. Definitely the stuff that interests me. I don't necessarily think that comedy comes from a dark place, like you have to be a strung-out heroin addict. But I don't think it comes from happiness, that's for sure. It comes from frustration and suppressed rage, and wishing the world were different.”

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Author:Christian Finnegan

“The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.”

Source: The Collected Works of William Morris: With Introductions by His Daughter May Morris

“The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.”

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Book:The Conquest of Happiness

Source: The Conquest of Happiness

“The purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness. Government exists for the interests of the governed, not for the governors.”

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Author:Thomas Jefferson

“How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it.”

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Adam Smith (Illustrated)