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Education in cruelty and fear is bad, but no other kind can be given by those who are themselves the slaves of these passions.
“Education in cruelty and fear is bad, but no other kind can be given by those who are themselves the slaves of these passions.”
― The Conquest of Happiness
― The Conquest of Happiness
“External discipline is the only road to happiness for those unfortunates whose self-absorption is too profound to be cured in any other way.”
― The Conquest of Happiness
― The Conquest of Happiness
“A man is known by the company he keeps”
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“A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy can live.”
― The Conquest of Happiness
― The Conquest of Happiness
“Loss of zest in civilized society is very largely due to the restrictions upon liberty which are essential to our way of life.”
― The Conquest of Happiness
― The Conquest of Happiness
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