"Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers' gardens."

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Source : Douglas William Jerrold, Blanchard Jerrold (1859). “Specimens of Douglas Jerrold's wit: together with selections, chiefly from his contributions to journals, intended to illustrate his opinions”, p.168

Douglas William Jerrold

#Happiness Quotes #Happy Quotes #Gratitude Quotes

“To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.”
“Bent metal is worse than bent wood and weight for weight is more flexible.”
“Some work hard to acquire money only to find in the end that money acquired them.”
“I'm a big romantic, so I love guys who are romantic too.”
“I have started my own foundation. It's called Follow Your Art. It's at its infancy but my goal is to mentor teenage girls through one of the most difficult times in their lives.”
“We notice the person who is for ever bowing and fussily servile, and perhaps say, How humble he is! But the truly humble person escapes notice: the world does not know him.”
“Living with very limited expectations is a much more immediate way of living. You really do just make the best of everything you have. I guess kids have that ability; they wait in joyful anticipation of something rather than that sense of entitlement.”

Source : "Natascha McElhone: My grief". Interview with Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. July 9, 2010.
“Iâ€™ve never been shy or secretive with the fact that if you walk into my life, you may be walking onto a record.”

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