Source: Anna Karenina
Arthur Rubinstein (1887–1982) Polish-American classical pianist
Statement made to a correspondent in Paris in 1976 — reported in John Callcott, United Press International (December 21, 1982) "Arthur Rubinstein, At Age 95; Concert Pianist and Bon Vivant, Boston Globe.
Attributed
Fernando Pessoa book The Book of Disquiet
Ibid., p. 328
The Book of Disquiet
Original: Não há felicidade senão com conhecimento. Mas o conhecimento da felicidade é infeliz; porque conhecer-se feliz é conhecer-se passando pela felicidade, e tendo, logo já, que deixá-la atrás. Saber é matar, na felicidade como em tudo. Não saber, porém, é não existir.
“If you aren't unhappy sometimes you don't know how to be happy.”
Madeleine L'Engle book A Wrinkle in Time
Source: A Wrinkle in Time
“I don't know why people who got what they need to be happy don’t just go ahead and be happy.”
Orson Scott Card (1951) American science fiction novelist
Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Alvin Journeyman (1995), Chapter 1.
Fernando Pessoa book The Book of Disquiet
Ibid., p. 266
The Book of Disquiet
Original: Irrita-me a felicidade de todos estes homens que não sabem que são infelizes.[...] Por isto, contudo, amo-os a todos. Meus queridos vegetais!
Vernon Howard (1918–1992) American writer
Esoteric Encyclopedia of Eternal Knowledge
“It is a kind of happiness to know how unhappy we must be.”
François de La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680) French author of maxims and memoirs
C’est une espèce de bonheur, de connaître jusqu’à quel point on doit être malheureux.
Maxim 8 of the Maximes supprimées.
Later Additions to the Maxims
“It's what's inthat makes you happy or unhappy.”
Agatha Christie book A Murder Is Announced
Source: A Murder Is Announced
“Whether happy or unhappy, life is the only treasure man possesses”
Giacomo Casanova (1725–1798) Italian adventurer and author from the Republic of Venice
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The Story of My Life (trans. Sartarelli/Hawkes 2001), Preface, p. 10
Referenced
Variant: [H]appy or miserable, life is the only blessing which man possesses[. ]
