The secret of being miserable¹ is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not.
痛苦的秘密在于有闲功夫担心自己是否幸福。
---George Bernard Shaw. British dramatist 英国剧作家肖伯纳.G.

The supreme² happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.
生活中最大的幸福是坚信有人爱我们。
---Victor Hugo, French novelist 法国小说家雨果.V.

There is no paradise on earth equal to the union of love and innocence³.
人间最大的幸福莫如既有爱情又清白无暇。
---Jean Jecques Rousseau. French thinker 法国思想家卢梭.J.J

There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.
生活中唯一的幸福就是：爱和被爱。
---George Sand. French woman writer 法国女作家乔治·桑

The only way on earth to multiply happiness is to divide it.
世界上唯一成倍增加幸福的办法是将其分摊。
---Paul Herman Scherer, Swiss physicist⁴ 瑞士物理学家席勒尔.P.H.

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
得不到渴望得到的一些东西是幸福的一个必不可少的组成部分。
---B. Russell, British philosopher 英国哲学家罗素.B.

To fill the hour --- that is happiness.
让时间过得充实些，那才是幸福。
---Ralph Waldo Emerson, American thinker美国思想家爱默生,R.W.

To really understand a man we must judge him in misfortune.
要真正了解一个人，需在不幸中考察他。
---Bonaparte Napoleon, French emperor 法国皇帝拿破仑，B.

True happiness is of a retired⁵ nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise.
真正的幸福不显山露水，它摈弃浮华和喧嚣。
---Joseph Addison, British writer英国作家艾迪生.J.

Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.
对不幸的最好解释是人们的才能和期望之间的差异。
---Edward de Bono. British physician 英国医生达博诺.E.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.
正像我们无权只享受财富而不创造财富一样，我们也无权只享受幸福而不创造幸福。
---George Bernard Shaw, British dramatist英国剧作家肖伯纳.G.

When pleasure is the business of life, it ceases to be pleasure.
当享受成为生活的主要事务时，它就不再是一种享受。
---Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian English expert
　加拿大英语专家哈利伯顿.T.G.

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