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It seldom happens that any felicity comes so pure as not...

It seldom happens that any felicity comes so pure as not to be tempered and allayed by some mixture of sorrow.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about sadness

The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing itself in schemes of future felicity... The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure,...

Quote by Samuel Johnson about flight, pleasure, hope, mind, objects, present, future, human imperfections, moment

Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of...

Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin about happiness, wealth, human imperfections, day, good, good luck

Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the...

Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three.

Quote by Washington Irving about marriage

When felicity askes so little... we just add...

When felicity askes so little... we just add in(infelicity) in front of it, searching diligently where it does not exist.

Quote by Florica Bud about happiness, searching

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