“I’ve decided to be happy because it is good for my health.”
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French writer, historian, and philosopher 1694–1778Related quotes
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History of My Life (trans. Trask 1967), 1997 reprint, v. 8, chapter 10, p. 274
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Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880) French writer (1821–1880)
13 August 1846
Correspondence, Letters to Madame Louise Colet
Ingrid Bergman (1915–1982) Film actress from Sweden
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Mokshagundam Visveshvaraya (1860–1962) Indian engineer, scholar, statesman and the Diwan of Mysore
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“Blessing without good health is a crisis because you cannot enjoy it.”
T. B. Joshua (1963) Nigerian Christian leader
On the secret of his good health - "TB Joshua Shares Secrets Of His Good Health" http://www.premiumtimesng.com/letter-to-the-editor/174274-letter-t-b-joshua-shares-secrets-good-health.html Premium Times, Nigeria (January 5 2015)
Kōki Hirota (1878–1948) Japanese politician executed
Quoted in "War Criminal: The Life and Death of Hirota Koki" - Page 296 - by Saburō Shiroyama - 1977.
Thomas J. Stanley (1944–2015) American businessman
Source: The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of Americas Wealthy