If we only wanted to be happy it would be easy but we want to be happier than other people which is almost always difficult since we think them happier than they are.

Charles De Montesquieu
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  1. A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century

  2. False happiness renders men stern and proud and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders kind and sensible and that happiness is always shared.

  3. Success generally depends upon knowing how long it takes to succeed.

  4. If we only wanted to be happy it would be easy but we want to be happier than other people which is almost always difficult since we think them happier than they are.

  5. An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.

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