It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I understand that we cannot make other people happy when they are unhappy.
Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy.
To be happy is only to have freed one's soul from the unrest of unhappiness.
Happiness to me is simply not being unhappy.
Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible.
There is no happiness for people at the expense of other people.
Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.
We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.
It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone - so far.
If our life is unhappy it is painful to bear; if it is happy it is horrible to lose, So the one is pretty equal to the other.