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On Happiness.
riency . The miser , whose insatiable avarice keeps pace with every other part of his character , knows no happiness but in accumulating wealth , and is as sanguine and dilligent in the cause , as if the preservation pi his life depended on the pursuit of it . His ambition knows no bounds ; but , like a greedy monster , he would'rob the indigent of their support , and reduce them to the most abject servility order to enrich his
, m own coffers . Contentment is a name he is not acquainted with : his chief pleasure consists in admiring his ill-gotten pelf , and looking disdainfully on all beneath him ! Yet after all , his riches serve only to torment ' him ; surrounded with all the superfluities of life , he murmurs in the midst of plenty , and by looking to others in situation he not
up a prosperous , only envies the happiness they enjoy , but loses all relish for his own . When ambition fires the mind , and when avarice petrifies the heart , a man may truly sa r , farewel content . It is impossible for a miser to he happy , Jus name implies misery ,, and he deserves itand the ambitious man being of a restless disposition by nature , can -never enjoy the blessings of repose .
The way to be happy is to look down on those who suffer , and not up to those who shine in the world . The comparison then would be so much m our favour , that we should cease to complain & o far should we be from repining at the unequal distributions of fortune , that we should sit down contented with our own lot , and be happy with the blessings we enjoy . ' Our pride would be humbledand turned
, our peevishness into pity ; all our murmuring would be hushed at the sight of each other ' s misery . A , little reason and common sense would point out to us the absurdity of our pursuits , and prove how dangerous it is to follow the deceitful track . How happy then might people live , and what a figure might they make m the eye of the world they to the
, were manage liberalities of fortune with common sense , and learn to despise the superfluities of it 1 From a want of this springs all the unhappiness of life , and from a careful observance of it proceeds every satisfaction we can wish to obtain .
If we reflected properly on the miseries with which the majority of mankind are hourly tormented , on the many crosses and disappointments they meet with , and the difficulties " with which they are embarrassed , we should , possessing health and a moderate competency , view without emotion the magnificence of the great , and never sih for the luxuries of the viciousThere is less in
g . pleasure the enjoyment of riches , than the idea of them presents us with ; .for the man , who , by virtuous industry , moves in a moderate sphere of life , tastes more real satisfaction than : the courtier with all his , pomp , pride , and greatness
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Happiness.
riency . The miser , whose insatiable avarice keeps pace with every other part of his character , knows no happiness but in accumulating wealth , and is as sanguine and dilligent in the cause , as if the preservation pi his life depended on the pursuit of it . His ambition knows no bounds ; but , like a greedy monster , he would'rob the indigent of their support , and reduce them to the most abject servility order to enrich his
, m own coffers . Contentment is a name he is not acquainted with : his chief pleasure consists in admiring his ill-gotten pelf , and looking disdainfully on all beneath him ! Yet after all , his riches serve only to torment ' him ; surrounded with all the superfluities of life , he murmurs in the midst of plenty , and by looking to others in situation he not
up a prosperous , only envies the happiness they enjoy , but loses all relish for his own . When ambition fires the mind , and when avarice petrifies the heart , a man may truly sa r , farewel content . It is impossible for a miser to he happy , Jus name implies misery ,, and he deserves itand the ambitious man being of a restless disposition by nature , can -never enjoy the blessings of repose .
The way to be happy is to look down on those who suffer , and not up to those who shine in the world . The comparison then would be so much m our favour , that we should cease to complain & o far should we be from repining at the unequal distributions of fortune , that we should sit down contented with our own lot , and be happy with the blessings we enjoy . ' Our pride would be humbledand turned
, our peevishness into pity ; all our murmuring would be hushed at the sight of each other ' s misery . A , little reason and common sense would point out to us the absurdity of our pursuits , and prove how dangerous it is to follow the deceitful track . How happy then might people live , and what a figure might they make m the eye of the world they to the
, were manage liberalities of fortune with common sense , and learn to despise the superfluities of it 1 From a want of this springs all the unhappiness of life , and from a careful observance of it proceeds every satisfaction we can wish to obtain .
If we reflected properly on the miseries with which the majority of mankind are hourly tormented , on the many crosses and disappointments they meet with , and the difficulties " with which they are embarrassed , we should , possessing health and a moderate competency , view without emotion the magnificence of the great , and never sih for the luxuries of the viciousThere is less in
g . pleasure the enjoyment of riches , than the idea of them presents us with ; .for the man , who , by virtuous industry , moves in a moderate sphere of life , tastes more real satisfaction than : the courtier with all his , pomp , pride , and greatness