“When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things - not the great occasions - give off the greatest glow of happiness.”
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American comedian, actor, singer and dancer 1903–2003Related quotes
“Do we find happiness so often that we should turn it off the box when it happens to sit there?”
Source: A Room with a View
Section IX, "Man Alone with Himself" / aphorism 534
Human, All Too Human (1878), Helen Zimmern translation
Alternate translation: We go to great pains to alter life for the happiness of our descendants and our descendants will say as usual: things used to be so much better, life today is worse than it used to be.
Мы хлопочем, чтобы изменить жизнь, чтобы потомки были счастливы, а потомки скажут по обыкновению: прежде лучше было, теперешняя жизнь хуже прежней.
Note-Book of Anton Chekhov (1921)
“When multiple explanations exist, the simplest is usually correct.”
Source: Deception Point
“Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas.”
“When we hope, we usually hope for the wrong thing.”
Source: Brother Odd
The Principles of Success in Literature (1865)
Context: There are occasions when the simplest and fewest words surpass in effect all the wealth of rhetorical amplification. An example may be seen in the passage which has been a favourite illustration from the days of Longinus to our own. "God said: Let there be light! and there was light." This is a conception of power so calm and simple that it needs only to be presented in the fewest and the plainest words, and would be confused or weakened by any suggestion of accessories.