Trifles make up the happiness or the misery of human life.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters as important.
It is in the treatment of trifles that a person shows what they are.
The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.
Life finds its purpose and fulfillment in the expansion of happiness.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
Happiness comes when we test our skills towards some meaningful purpose.
The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things are not happiness and pleasure but the deeper satisfactions that come out of struggle.
Happiness is the reward we get for living to the highest right we know.
Happiness exists on earth, and it is won through prudent exercise of reason, knowledge of the harmony of the universe, and constant practice of generosity.
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