No great inner event befalls those who summon it not.
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To be happy is only to have freed one's soul from the unrest of unhappiness.
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Happiness is rarely absent; it is we that know not of its presence.
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Many a happiness in life, as many a disaster, can be due to chance, but the peace within us can never be governed by chance.
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When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough.
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