“There is even a happiness - that makes the heart afraid.”
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Some minds improve by travel, others, rather, resemble copper wire, or brass, which get the narrower by going farther.
The sum of the whole is plainly this: The nature of man considered in his single capacity, and with respect only to the present world, is adapted and leads him to attain the greatest happiness he can for himself in the present world.
The secret of happiness is: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it.
Happiness is a by-product. You cannot pursue it by itself.