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Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.

Herbert Spencer
English philosopher and political theorist (1820–1903)

Herbert Spencer was an English philosopher, psychologist, biologist, anthropologist, and sociologist famous for his hypothesis of social Darwinism. Spencer originated the expression "survival of the fittest", which he coined in Principles of Biology (1864) after reading Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species. The term strongly suggests natural selection, yet Spencer saw evolution as extending into realms of sociology and ethics, so he also supported Lamarckism.
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The slave may be happy, but happiness is not enough.

Herbert Read
English anarchist, poet, and critic of literature and art

Sir Herbert Edward Read, was an English art historian, poet, literary critic and philosopher, best known for numerous books on art, which included influential volumes on the role of art in education. Read was co-founder of the Institute of Contemporary Arts. As well as being a prominent English anarchist, he was one of the earliest English writers to take notice of existentialism. He was co-editor with Michael Fordham of the British edition in English of The Collected Works of C. G. Jung.
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Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.

Heraclitus
Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher (c.535–c.475 BC)

Heraclitus of Ephesus was an ancient Greek, pre-Socratic, Ionian philosopher and a native of the city of Ephesus, which was then part of the Persian Empire.
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The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.

Henry Ward Beecher
American clergyman and activist (1813-1887)

Henry Ward Beecher was an American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, his emphasis on God's love, and his 1875 adultery trial. His rhetorical focus on Christ's love has influenced mainstream Christianity to this day.
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Happiness is inward, and not outward and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are.

Henry Van Dyke
American diplomat (1852–1933)

Henry Jackson van Dyke Jr. was an American author, educator, diplomat, and Presbyterian clergyman.
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To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at doing something which shall really increase the happiness and welfare and virtue of mankind - this is a choice which is possible for all of us and surely it is a good haven to sail for.

Henry Van Dyke
American diplomat (1852–1933)

Henry Jackson van Dyke Jr. was an American author, educator, diplomat, and Presbyterian clergyman.
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It's good to be just plain happy; it's a little better to know that you're happy; but to understand that you're happy and to know why and how and still be happy, be happy in the being and the knowing, well that is beyond happiness, that is bliss.

Henry Miller
American novelist (1891-1980)

Henry Valentine Miller was an American novelist. He broke with existing literary forms and developed a new type of semi-autobiographical novel that blended character study, social criticism, philosophical reflection, stream of consciousness, explicit language, sex, surrealist free association, and mysticism. His most characteristic works of this kind are Tropic of Cancer, Black Spring, Tropic of Capricorn, and the trilogy The Rosy Crucifixion, which are based on his experiences in New York and Paris. He also wrote travel memoirs and literary criticism, and painted watercolors.
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We have arrived at that point of time in which we are forced to see our own humiliation, as a nation, and that a progression in this line cannot be a productive of happiness, private or public.

Henry Knox
Continental Army and US Army general, US Secretary of War (1750-1806)

Henry Knox, a Founding Father of the United States, was a senior general of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War and was appointed the first Secretary of War under the U.S. Constitution by president George Washington, serving from 1789 to 1794. During the war, he directed the artillery in most of Washington's campaigns, who appointed him first Secretary of War from 1789—1794. He initially oversaw the War Department as secretary under the Articles of Confederation, 1785—1789. He is perhaps best known today as the namesake of Fort Knox in Kentucky, the repository of a large portion of the nation's gold reserves.
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Law is stable the societies we are speaking of are progressive. The greater or less happiness of a people depends on the degree of promptitude with which the gulf is narrowed.

Henry James Sumner Maine
British jurist and historian (1822–1888)

Sir Henry James Sumner Maine,, was a British Whig comparative jurist and historian. He is famous for the thesis outlined in his book Ancient Law that law and society developed "from status to contract." According to the thesis, in the ancient world individuals were tightly bound by status to traditional groups, while in the modern one, in which individuals are viewed as autonomous agents, they are free to make contracts and form associations with whomever they choose. Because of this thesis, Maine can be seen as one of the forefathers of modern legal anthropology, legal history and sociology of law.
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No human being can really understand another, and no one can arrange another's happiness.

Henry Graham Greene
English writer, playwright and literary critic (1904-1991)

Henry Graham Greene was an English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading English novelists of the 20th century. Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene acquired a reputation early in his lifetime as a major writer, both of serious Catholic novels, and of thrillers. He was shortlisted, in 1966 and 1967, for the Nobel Prize for Literature. Through 67 years of writing, which included over 25 novels, he explored the conflicting moral and political issues of the modern world. He was awarded the 1968 Shakespeare Prize and the 1981 Jerusalem Prize.
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