“No man is happy who does not think himself so.”
Marcus Aurelius book Meditations
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave
Source: Meditations
“Man does not strive for happiness; only the Englishman does that”
Der Mensch strebt nicht nach Glück; nur der Engländer thut das
Maxims and Arrows, 12
Twilight of the Idols (1888)
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German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and cl… 1844–1900Related quotes
“No man is happy who does not think himself so.”
Publilio Siro Latin writer
Maxim 584
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) British poet laureate
Quoted in A Dictionary of Quotations, in Most Frequent Use by D.E. Macdonnel (1809) translated from French: Le bonheur de l'homme en cette vi ne consiste pas á être sans passions: il consiste à en être le maître.
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“A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her.”
Oscar Wilde book The Picture of Dorian Gray
Variant: A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
“A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Charles A. Reich book The Greening of America
Source: The Greening of America (1970), Chapter V : Anatomy Of The Corporate State, p. 107
