Tigran Petrosian (1929–1984) Soviet Georgian Armenian chess player and chess writer
Attributed without citation in "Tigran Petrosian's Best Games" http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1014968 at chessgames.com
“Supreme happiness is gained via contentment.”
§ 2.42
Yoga Sutras of Patañjali
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Variant: Life's great happiness is to be convinced we are loved.
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Source: Les Miserables
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Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 270.
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