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One fool at least in every married couple.

One fool at least in every married couple.

Quote by Henry Fielding about marriage, couple

Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting...

Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others.

Quote by Henry Fielding about happiness, people

The devil take me, if I think anything but love to be the...

The devil take me, if I think anything but love to be the object of love.

Quote by Henry Fielding about love, devil

What's vice today may be virtue tomorrow.

What's vice today may be virtue tomorrow.

Quote by Henry de Montherlant about virtue, vice

Happiness is always where the man finds it.

Happiness is always where the man finds it.

Quote by Henryk Sienkiewicz about happiness, man

All languages and secrets and all sciences are nothing without love, which is generous, patient, passive, harmless, unwilling of honors, endures everything, believes in everyone, always is hoping and is defeating.

Quote by Henryk Sienkiewicz about nothing, love

To love is not enough, you should know to teach other too, the art of love. Pleasure can be felt by plebs and even animals. But, a true man is different from animals, just because of this. He transforms love into a noble art and is enjoying it, is...

Quote by Henryk Sienkiewicz about love, animals, art, magic, value, pleasure, body, soul, man, contentment

Puritanism - the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, ...

Puritanism - the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken about opinion, fear, happiness

Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify.

Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau about life

I have every sympathy with the American who was so...

I have every sympathy with the American who was so horrified by what he had read of the effects of smoking that he gave up reading.

HQuote by Henry George Strauss about irony, smokers, americans

Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with...

Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.

Quote by William Sydney Porter about life

Write what you like; there is no other rule.

Write what you like; there is no other rule.

Quote by William Sydney Porter about writing, rules, contentment

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau about olderness, enthusiasm, old

Well, I can't help people falling in love with me. There's no Act of Parliament against it, and if people will do these foolish things they must take the consequences.

Quote by Henry Arthur Jones about responsability, saints, consequences, help, people, things, love

The aim of public education is not to spread enlightement at all; it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same safe level, to breed a standard citizenry, to put down dissent and originality.

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken about education, originality, public

Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you are...

Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you are right!

Quote by Henry Ford about attitude, contentment, rightness

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau about wisdom, contentment

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the...

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau about reliability, dream, life, contentment

Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to...

Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to live in an institution?

Quote by Groucho Marx about marriage

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