What did John Lubbock mean by: To be happy ourselves is a most effectual contribution to the happiness of others. John Lubbock Politician and banker · England Copy
+ Before buying anything, it is well to ask if one could do without it. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Lubbock, Consumption, Frugality, Reflection, 0 John Lubbock Politician and banker · England
False pleasures come from without and are imperfect: happiness is internal and our own. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, John Lubbock, External, Imperfect, Internal, 0 John Lubbock Politician and banker · England
However vexed you may be overnight, things will often look very different in the morning. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, John Lubbock, Change, Emotions, Perspective, 0 John Lubbock Politician and banker · England
Many of the greatest men have owed their success to industry rather than to cleverness. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, John Lubbock, Cleverness, Industry, Success, 0 John Lubbock Politician and banker · England
+ There are temptations which strong exercise best enables us to resist Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Lubbock, Discipline, Resilience, Self-control, 0 John Lubbock Politician and banker · England
Exercise of the muscles keeps the body in health, and exercise of the brain brings peace of mind. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, John Lubbock, Health, Mental, Physical, 0 John Lubbock Politician and banker · England
Time is a trust, and for every minute of it you will have to account. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, John Lubbock, Accountability, Time, Trust, 0 John Lubbock Politician and banker · England
There can be no merit in believing something which you can neither explain nor understand. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, John Lubbock, Belief, Merit, Understanding, 0 John Lubbock Politician and banker · England
Most men spend the best part of their lives making the remaining part wretched. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
One must laugh before one is happy, or one may die without ever laughing at all. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Don’t wait to be happy to laugh… You may die and never have laughed. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
