"The man with a toothache thinks everyone..." - Quote by George Bernard Shaw
The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man makes the same mistake about the rich man.
More by George Bernard Shaw
“Everybody who does not live in a prostitute's bed and on a diet of cocaine snow is called an ascetic nowadays.”
“Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive.”
“To the person with a toothache, even if the world is tottering, there is nothing more important than a visit to a dentist.”
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More on Happiness
“The ultimate source of a happy life is warm-heartedness. This means extending to others the kind of concern we have for ourselves. On a simple level we find that if we have a compassionate heart we naturally have more friends. And scientists today are discovering that while anger and hatred eat into our immune system, warm-heartedness and compassion are good for our health.”
“I wouldn’t mind going to jail if I had three cellmates who played bridge”
“If I'm not in love, if I'm not with a long-term companion, I cannot be happy.”