Quote of François de La Rochefoucauld - Happiness is in the taste, and...
Biography - François de La Rochefoucauld:
French moralist, author of maxims and memoirs.
Born: 1613 - Died: 1680
Period:
17th century
Place of birth: France
Born: 1613 - Died: 1680
Period:
17th century
Place of birth: France
Happiness is in the taste, and not in the things themselves; we are happy from possessing what we like, not from possessing what others like.
Note
Maxim 48
Quote source: Reflections, or Sentences and Moral Maxims
Translation
(French, German)
See also...
Quotes about happiness:
Happiness is not easily won; it is hard to find it in ourselves and impossible to find it elsewhere.
Quotes about thing:
The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.
Quotes about others:
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