François de La Rochefoucauld: Happiness depends on the taste, and not on the thing: and it is by having what…
Happiness depends on the taste, and not on the thing: and it is by having what we like that we are made happy, and not by having what others consider likeable.
In today’s wordsHappiness depends on taste, not on the thing itself; we're made happy by having what we like, not by having what others think is likable.
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