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Seek not to know what must not be reveal, for joy only flows where fate is most concealed. A busy person would find their sorrows much more; if future fortunes were known before!

— John Dryden

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed.

— Charlotte Bronte

Without mysteries, life would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive for if everything were known?

— Charles de Lint

There are many secrets in us, in the depths of our souls, that we don't want anyone to know about.

— Charles Durning

The secret of happiness is the determination to be happy always, rather than wait for outer circumstances to make one happy.

— J. Donald Walters

The secret of happiness is: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it.

— Daniel Dennett

An exciting and inspiring future awaits you beyond the noise in your mind, beyond the guilt, doubt, fear, shame, insecurity and heaviness of the past you carry around.

— Debbie Ford

Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The secret to life is finding joy in ordinary things. I'm interested in happiness.

— Ruth Reichl

✗Opposing Perspectives

What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life.

— Leo Buscaglia

We reveal our joys and successes, we conceal our pain.

— Jesse Jackson