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Happiness (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠often missed because it seems so preposterous to make ourselves unhappy in order to be happy.

Happiness (n.) cannot ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠coexist with even a little pain — a little pain mars all the pleasure we rejoiced in, so relief always comes first.

Happiness (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a portion each man draws for himself; good outside that portion, however great, he can look at, admire, and pass by without desire.

Happiness (n.) of ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠which one is not conscious is impossible; a soul pleased in its sleep would be no happier for the man than the bed he lies on.

Happiness (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a matter of palate: the mind has its relish as the tongue does, and you will no more delight all men with glory than feed them all on lobster.

Happiness (n.) and ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠misery mark the limit of our concern: sense-evidence is as certain as pleasure or pain, beyond which we have no concernment either of knowing or being.

Happiness (n.) desired, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠and misery averted, are the innate practical principles that never cease to operate, inclinations of the appetite to good and not impressions of truth on the understanding.