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“There is a plain distinction to be made betwixt pleasure and happiness. For tho' there can be no happiness without pleasure--yet the converse of the proposition will not hold true.--We are so made, that from the common gratifications of our appetites, and the impressions of a thousand objects, we snatch the one, like a transient gleam, without being suffered to taste the other.”

Made Happiness Pleasure Common Objects Taste Thousand Impression Distinction Appetite Propositions Gratification Transient Converses Gleam Pleasure And Happiness

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Laurence Sterne (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Laurence Sterne (Illustrated)

“Happiness does not consist in things themselves but in the relish we have of them; and a man has attained it when he enjoys what he loves and desires himself, and not what other people think lovely and desirable.”

People Thinking Men Doe Happiness Desire Enjoy Taste Lovely Desirable Relish

Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them in trying to perpetuate the moods, tastes and aptitudes of youth.”

Trying Happiness Joy Youth Citizens Taste Mood Pursuit Obliged Pursuit Of Happiness American Citizens Aptitude

Book:The Most of Malcolm Muggeridge

Source: The Most of Malcolm Muggeridge

“Close friends contribute to our personal growth. They also contribute to our personal pleasure, making the music sound sweeter, the wine taste richer, the laughter ring louder because they are there.”

Happiness Joy Sound Growth Pleasure Friends Taste Laughter Wine Personal Growth Rings Close Friends

Book:Necessary Losses: The Loves Illusions Dependencies and Impossible Ex

Source: Necessary Losses: The Loves Illusions Dependencies and Impossible Ex

“Happiness quite unshared can scarcely be called happiness; it has no taste.”

Happiness Taste True Happiness Life Happiness Life And Happiness Art Of Happiness Sharing Happiness

Author:Charlotte Bronte

“It is almost as if happiness is an acquired taste, like coconut cordial or ceviche, to which you can eventually become accustomed, but despair is something surprising each time you encounter it.”

Ifs Happiness Taste Despair Encounters Surprising Accustomed Coconuts Acquired Taste

Author:Daniel Handler