Only a fool can be happy. For happiness consists of two contradictory elements: contentment and pleasure. Enjoy pleasure and you have no contentment; be content and you have no pleasure. For this reason happiness is conceivable only for those who enjoy themselves without thinking that they will always want more and thus be discontented, or for those who are content without thinking that they have no pleasure. Whoever reflects can never be happy, unless he is a fanatic and thus blinded…thus exercising control over his intelligence with his feelings, instead of the other way round .Marcellus Emants
About This Quote
In this quote, the author is trying to say that if you live a life of pleasure and you are happy with it, then you don’t have any reason to complain. If you have a life full of joy and happiness with no need to change your situation, then you don’t have any reason to complain. However, if you live a life where you are unhappy and dissatisfied with everything that has happened to you then it is obvious that there is something wrong with your life. The most important thing in your life is how good or bad it is.
If it is good, then there is no need for complaints or anything else. If there are any problems or things that need to be changed, then do it. Don’t be a fool and make yourself miserable by complaining about your situation.
Source: A Posthumous Confession
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