"Happiness is transparent. ... That is its virtue."

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Jane Aiken Hodge

#Happiness Quotes #Virtue Quotes

“I'm not particularly prolific.”
“It is not a struggle merely of economic theories, or forms of government or of military power. At issue is the true nature of man. Either man is the creature whom the psalmist described as a little lower than the angels ... or man is a soulless, animated machine to be enslaved, used and consumed by the state for its own glorification. It is, therefore, a struggle which goes to the roots of the human spirit, and its shadow falls across the long sweep of man's destiny.”
“Throwing out the first pitch at the Cubs game and having 40,000 people give me a standing ovation was probably one of the highlights of my life. You could see what a great sports town Chicago is.”
“The blindness that opens the eye is not the one that darkens vision. Tears and not sight are the essence of the eye.”
“I have no intention of retiring. Even my blood sugar is better when I'm working.”
“No sensible man (among the many things that have been written on this kind) ever imputed inconsistency to another for changing his mind. [Lat., Nemo doctus unquam (multa autem de hoc genere scripta sunt) mutationem consili inconstantiam dixit esse.]”
“Since in order to speak, one must first listen, learn to speak by listening.”
“Theres always next year, ... except, you know, for Ray Romano.”

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