"Happy is the one who knows the causes of things" — Vergil

All our discontents about what we want appeared to me to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have.

Source: The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry

Source: Miscellaneous Aphorisms (1911)

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance

Source: Pride and Prejudice (1813)

God made the country, and man made the town.

Source: The Task (1785)

My heart leaps up when I behold A Rainbow in the sky:

Source: Poems in Two Volumes, My Heart Leaps Up (1807)

I celebrate myself, and sing myself,

Source: Leaves of Grass, Song of Myself (1892 edition)

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