“One more royal trait properly belongs to the poet. I mean his cheerfulness, without which no man can be a poet,--for beauty is his aim. He loves virtue, not for its obligation, but for its grace; he delights in the world, in man, in woman, for the lovely light that sparkles from them. Beauty, the spirit of joy and hilarity, he sheds over the universe.”
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“A cheerful, intelligent face is the end of culture.”
“Tis the privilege of Art Thus to play its cheerful part, Man on earth to acclimate And bend the exile to his fate.”
“Youth is everywhere in place.”
“It is one of the biggest blessing that you can be stupid with your true friends and behave like you shame to do elsewhere”
“I'm happier. I guess I made up my mind to be that way.”
“O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without the other is naught.”
“The advantage in education is always with those children who slip up into life without being objects of notice.”
“Happy the man who never puts on a face, but receives every visitor with that countenance he has on.”
“The attraction and superiority of California are in its days. It has better days & more of them, than any other country.”
“Happy will the house be in which the relationships are formed from character.”
“I think it is the best of humanity that goes out to walk. In happy hours, I think all affairs may be wisely postponed for walking.”
“Life is a series of surprises.”
“The effect of the indulgence of human affection is a certain cordial exhilaration.”
“Nothing can bring you happiness but yourself especially how you choose to think about your situation.”
“Hume's doctrine was that the circumstances vary, the amount of happiness does not; that the beggar cracking fleas in the sunshine under a hedge, and the duke rolling by in his chariot, the girl equipped for her first ball, and the orator returning triumphant from the debate, had different means, but the same quantity of pleasant excitement.”
“Truth is beautiful within and without, forevermore.”
“I spent many years of my life as an economist and demographer. I was finally distracted by writing my novels and poetry. I'm enormously happy that was the case. I feel that with writing I have found my metier.”
“I tend to follow a scattershot approach to reading a lot of very diverse subjects interest me, and I'm quite happy to read stuff on any of them.”
“Man, Coach Brown, he's so relaxed. We've seen that guy dancing this week at practice and he's dancing in the locker room. It brings tears to guys' eyes and brings happiness to everybody.”