"Happiness consists in the full employment of our faculties in some pursuit."

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Source : Harriet Martineau (1836). “Philosophical essays. Essays on the art of thinking. Sabbath musings. Moral essays. Parables. Poetry”, p.81

Harriet Martineau

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“Adrian gave me a look that said I was wasting his time. "Because Jet sounds badass.”
“I don't really talk about my personal life. It's a strange and funny and weird thing. Sometimes you have a conversation with someone and the paparazzi snaps a picture of you and people decide you're dating. If I try to answer everything people say, I would be up all night.”
“Worldly ambition is founded on pride or envy, but emulation, or laudable ambition, is actually founded in humility; for it evidently implies that we have a low opinion of our present attainments, and think it necessary to be advanced.”
“It isn't all over; everything has not been invented; the human adventure is just beginning.”
“Money opens up wonderful worlds of possibilities.”
“The truth is that nothing is less sensational than pestilence, and by reason of their very duration great misfortunes are monotonous.”
“Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini”
“Itâ€™s embarrassing to tell you this, but it seems to come down mostly to just learning to be kinder.”

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