Thomas Carlyle Quotes About Happiness
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Man's unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his greatness; it is because there is an Infinite in him, which with all his cunning he cannot quite bury under the Finite.
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No man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad.
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Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.
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Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance - the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it; better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen.
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But the whim we have of happiness is somewhat thus. By certain valuations, and averages, of our own striking, we come upon some sort of average terrestrial lot; this we fancy belongs to us by nature, and of indefeasible rights. It is simple payment of our wages, of our deserts; requires neither thanks nor complaint. Foolish soul! What act of legislature was there that thou shouldst be happy? A little while ago thou hadst no right to be at all.
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The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough to get their work done.
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Oh, give us the man who sings at his work.
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Laughter is one of the very privileges of reason, being confined to the human species.
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True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt; its essence is love. It issues not in laughter, but in still smiles, which lie far deeper.
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