"In friendship, as in love, we are..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld
In friendship, as in love, we are often more happy from the things we are ignorant of than from those we are acquainted with.
More by Francois De La Rochefoucauld
“A certain harmony should be kept between actions and ideas if we want to fully develop the effects they can produce.”
“Avarice often produces opposite results: there are an infinite number of persons who sacrifice their property to doubtful and distant expectations; others mistake great future advantages for small present interests.”
“The pleasure of love is in loving; we are happier in the passion we feel than in what we inspire.”
More on Happiness
“Lack of understanding of the true nature of happiness, it seems to me, is the principal reason why people inflict sufferings on others. They think either that the other's pain may somehow be a cause of happiness for themselves or that their own happiness is more important, regardless of what pain it may cause. But this is shortsighted. No one truly benefits from causing harm to another sentient being. . . . . In the long run causing others misery and infringing their rights to peace and happiness result in anxiety, fear, and suspicion within oneself.”
“I get so happy when I write a joke. It's a very satisfying, liberating feeling.”
“Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.”