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Quotes About Happiness

Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future.
~ Jean de la Bruyere
We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed.
~ Jean de la Bruyere
We must laugh before we are happy, for fear of dying without having laughed at all.
~ Jean de la Bruyere
Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates.
~ Jean de la Bruyere
All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone.
~ Jean de la Bruyere
Don't wait to be happy to laugh... You may die and never have laughed
~ Jean de la Bruyere
A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
~ Jean de La Fontaine
Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
~ Jean de La Fontaine
You are young to talk of dying," said the Emperor, looking at Jester. "Learn rather to live, to enjoy the gifts lavished so prodigally by an unknown god: the heat of the sun, the cool of the sea at noon, the scent of the forest in the evening, horses galloping across the plain. You are rich because you are alive. Even unhappiness is still life. Learn to love and enjoy, and learn also to suffer. And, when the time comes, you will learn to die.
~ Jean d'Ormesson
În acest spa?iu ?i acest timp eram ca ni?te fire de praf care nu-?i g?seau fericirea decât în confuzie ?i distrugere.
~ Jean d'Ormesson
Cred - este o credin?? ca oricare alta ?i, fiindc? fericirea ?i nefericirea nu pot fi niciodat? comparate, nu pot aduce dovezi - c? binele este aliatul timpului ?i c?, treptat, pe nesim?ite cu fluctua?ii poate, cu frân?ri bru?te, ?i cu reveniri, el birue r?ul.
~ Jean d'Ormesson
I watched Gene Kelly for his smile, for his energy. Vittorio Gassman for his movement. Clark Gable for his mustache. And I watched Lassie who was happy as a dog.
~ Jean Dujardin
Les faibles tirent une satisfaction morose à comparer leur infortune présente avec leur bonheur passé, et tentent ainsi de se prouver à eux-mêmes que leur vie n'a pas été manquée tout entière. (Troisième partie, ch. VI)
~ Jean Dutourd
Ed said, "I can tell you, when we heard that baby was going to be all right, there wasn't a dry seat in the castle." "I'm so happy to hear that," Marigold sold. "I think.
~ Jean Ferris
She was happy, and perfectly in line with the tradition of those women they used to call "ruined," "fallen," feckless, bitches in heat, ravished dolls, sweet sluts, instant princesses, hot numbers, great lays, succulent morsels, everybody's darlings...
~ Jean Genet
Slowly but surly I want to strip her of every kind of happiness as to make a saint of her.
~ Jean Genet
La sociedad construida sobre el dinero destruye las cosechas, destruye a los animales, destruye a los hombres, destruye la alegría, destruye el mundo auténtico, destruye la paz, destruye las riquezas verdaderas
~ Jean Giono
L'histoire a une morale ; proférée par Amédée, elle est animale. « Voilà : la vie était devant eux. Ah, j'étais sans souci de ce côté. La vie était devant eux parce qu'ils s'aimaient et surtout parce qu'ils s'aimaient comme des gens libres. Vous
~ Jean Giono
He walked briskly.    He was all wrapped up in his joy.    He was filled with songs, packed in his throat and pressing against his teeth. He puckered up his lips.    It was a joy of which he wanted to savour all the smell and taste the juice as long as possible, like a sheep eating grass in the evening among the hills. He went on like that, until the beautiful silence had settled within him and around him, like a meadow.
~ Jean Giono
At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities.
~ Jean Houston
It is a comely fashion to be glad; Joy is the grace we say to God.
~ Jean Ingelow
I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described.
~ Jean Jacques Rousseau
You don't seem to realize that a poor person who is unhappy is in a better position than a rich person who is unhappy. Because the poor person has hope. He thinks money would help.
~ Jean Kerr
What do you think about astral travel? And about getting out of the body? ... I do not know about it. I am very happy in this body. Why should I get out? [laughter]
~ Jean Klein