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Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.
Thomas Jefferson
Happiness
Life
Health
Good
Freedom
Good Health
Result
Depend
Our
Pursuits
Occupation
Greatest
Does
Always
Greatest Happiness
Condition
Just
Which
Placed
Us
Conscience
Chance
The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.
Victor Hugo
Happiness
Life
Love
Conviction
Ourselves
Rather
Spite
Greatest
Greatest Happiness
Loved
The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Happiness
Will
Find
Born
Talent
Greatest
Greatest Happiness
Person
Meant
Use
Using
The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation.
Jeremy Bentham
Happiness
Morals
Greatest
Greatest Happiness
Greatest Number
Legislation
Foundation
Number
Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.
Victor Hugo
Happiness
Life
Greatest
Greatest Happiness
Loved
Convinced
Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class.
Plato
Happiness
Class
Construction
State
Our
Object
Greatest
Greatest Happiness
Any
Whole
The greatest happiness comes from being vitally interested in something that excites all your energies.
Walter Annenberg
Happiness
Vitally
Something
Excites
Greatest
Greatest Happiness
Being
Energies
Interested
Your
That action is best which procures the greatest happiness for the greatest numbers.
Francis Hutcheson
Happiness
Best
Action
Greatest
Greatest Happiness
Which
Numbers
My greatest happiness is to serve my gracious King and Country and I am envious only of glory; for if it be a sin to covet glory I am the most offending soul alive.
Horatio Nelson
Happiness
Soul
King
Country
Alive
Only
Envious
Sin
Most
Glory
Greatest
Am
Greatest Happiness
Covet
Offending
Gracious
Serve
The sum of the whole is plainly this: The nature of man considered in his single capacity, and with respect only to the present world, is adapted and leads him to attain the greatest happiness he can for himself in the present world.
Joseph Butler
Happiness
Nature
Man
Respect
World
Single
Sum
Considered
Only
Attain
He
Leads
Him
Himself
Greatest
Greatest Happiness
His
Plainly
Capacity
Whole
Present
Present World
Adapted
The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action.
Madame de Stael
Happiness
Feelings
Action
Greatest
Greatest Happiness
Transform
I began to realize that, in spite of great achievements in wealth and military prowess, the great powers of Europe have not yet succeeded in providing the greatest happiness of the vast majority of the people; and that the reformers in these European countries were working hard for a new social revolution.
Sun Yat-sen
Happiness
Great
People
Wealth
Revolution
Military
Vast
Spite
Vast Majority
Countries
New
Powers
Majority
Greatest
Greatest Happiness
Were
Providing
Began
Prowess
Achievements
Social
Succeeded
Realize
Working
Working Hard
Hard
Europe
European
European Countries
Great Achievements