Thomas Traherne

Happiness was not made to be boasted, but enjoyed. Therefore tho others count me miserable, I will not believe them if I know and feel myself to be happy; nor fear them.

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These are some quotes by British author Thomas Traherne Clergyman, who lived between 1636 and October 10, 1674.

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More company increases happiness, but does not lighten or diminish misery.

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To think the world therefore a general Bedlam, or place of madmen, and oneself a physician, is the most necessary point of present wisdom: an important imagination, and the way to happiness.

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Love is the true means by which the world is enjoyed: our love to others, and others love to us.

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