No man is happy but by comparison.


Thomas Shadwell

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There is nothing but comparison that makes people happy or miserable.
VIKRANT PARSAI
Of no mortal say, 'That man is happy,' till vexed by no grievous ill he pass life's goal.
SOPHOCLES
There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that lost by not trying.
FRANCIS BACON, SR.
This man [Thomas Cranmer] hath the sow by the right ear.
HENRY VIII
There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not tr...
FRANCIS BACON
Never fear spoiling children by making them too happy. Happiness is the atmosphere in which all good...
THOMAS BRAY
In the absence of that, I am happy to play solo, but I don't think there is any comparison.
DEREK BAILEY
No man is hurt but by himself.
DIOGENES
No man is hurt but by himself
DIOGENES
No man is demolished but by himself.
RICHARD BENTLY
No man is hurt but by himself
DIOGENES OF SINOPE
Comparison, more than reality, makes men happy or wretched.
THOMAS FULLER
There is no point of comparison.
EMILIO GUTIERREZ
No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
SOLON
No man is happy. He is, at best, fortunate.
SOLON
Call no man happy till he is dead.
AESCHYLUS
call no man happy until he is dead
HERODOTUS
Call no man happy until he is dead.
SOLON
Every man loves what he is good at.
THOMAS SHADWELL
The haste of a fool is the slowest thing in the world.
THOMAS SHADWELL
And wit's the noblest frailty of the mind.
THOMAS SHADWELL
Hope is a very thin diet
THOMAS SHADWELL
Words may be false and full of art; Sighs are the natural language of the heart.
THOMAS SHADWELL
And wit's the noblest frailty of the mind.
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'T would make one scratch where It does not itch, to see fools live poor to die rich
THOMAS SHADWELL
Every man loves what he is good at
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The haste of a fool is the slowest thing in the world
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A mob is a group of persons with heads but no brains. Thomas Fuller.
THOMAS FULLER
No man is happy who does not think himself so.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS
Let no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky.
SOLON
Kate would have Thomas, no one blame her can: Tom won't have Kate, and who can blame the Man?
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Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? / Jesus sa...
BIBLE
The Soul of man is made an article of merchandize by his fellow man and can such a land be happy? No...
EZRA CORNELL
There is no comparison. It's just not a glorified job.
BERNARD THOMPSON
There's no comparison. She goes for every shot.
AMELIE MAURESMO
The poor man is happy; he expects no change for the worse
DEMETRIUS
World events pale by comparison.
DAVID HUME KENNERLY
No man is esteemed for gay garments but by fools and women.
SIR WALTER RALEIGH
Words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon by them: But they are the money of fools, that val...
THOMAS HOBBES
When a man is wrong and won't admit is, he always gets angry. -Thomas Haliburton.
THOMAS HALIBURTON
count no man happy until he be dead.
SOLON
I cranked the volume on the stereo and sang at the top of my lungs to an old Britney Spears song, my...
HEATHER HILDENBRAND
Justice Thomas, my old boss, got 52 votes. Justice (Antonin) Scalia got 98 votes, ... But Justice Th...
WENDY LONG
Thomas was just hundredths of seconds away. Thomas is new to track, but he's making strides.
KIM WILLIAMS
Happiness in the present is only shattered by comparison with the past.
DOUGLAS HORTON
Happiness in the present is only shattered by comparison with the past.
DOUG HORTON
Ivan for me is the best catcher in the big leagues and there is no comparison with anybody. He has a...
JORGE POSADA
Judging the existence by comparison is not always the best pathway to progress.
MARIANA FULGER
Envy is ever joined with the comparing of a man's self; and where there is no comparison, no envy.
FRANCIS BACON SR.
Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man.
C.S. LEWIS
They didn't play that convincingly, but they were there when it counted. By comparison, we looked in...
KLAUS ALLOFS
I wasn't very happy last weekend at Dartmouth. I feel that they were just running not racing. And I ...
JULIE LAFRENIERE
This equipment is newer and greater and does so much more. There's just no comparison in what we can...
PHILLIP WHITE
Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs n...
LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA
No burden is so heavy for a man to bear as a succession of happy days.
MAX MULLER
No burden is so heavy for a man to bear as a succession of happy days.
MAX PLANCK
No man is wise enough by himself.
PLAUTUS
No man is wise enough by himself.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS
A man who is right by your side through everything makes you happy. But he can leave your side to ma...
FAITH HILL
I'm so excited. This is the biggest thing I have ever done, there's no comparison.
SOPHIE MONK
Reality seems valueless by comparison with the dreams of fevered imaginations; reality is therefore ...
EMILE DURKHEIM
We're happy to win the tournament and happy to defend the title. We're not happy we got beat by no m...
JASON BRANDT
Candidate Thomas is a sad, sad man, with only one desire: to reunite with his deceased ex-girlfriend...
CRAIG ARMSTRONG
Don't need to say please to no man for a happy tune.
NEIL DIAMOND
No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend until he is unhappy.
THOMAS FULLER
No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend until he is unhappy.
THOMAS FULLER
By comparison, this is much like an internal affairs (IA) division within a local police department.
BRIAN CORBETT
You can't make a state-by-state comparison. The information is not accurate enough for that.
ANDY GINSBURG
It is a maxim to me that no man was ever written out of reputation but by himself.
RICHARD BENTLEY
It is a maxim with me that no man was ever written out of reputation but by himself
RICHARD BENTLEY
Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.
HENRI FREDERIC AMIEL
Most Americans don't know a lot about Thomas Paine, but they carry Thomas Paine with them. Thomas Pa...
HARVEY KAYE
My eyes hurt... but there is something more... I can't stop listening to horror.... now I am going t...
DEYTH BANGER
Pain Is Caused By Pleasure
SULLY ERNA
No father is happy to find his son has been arrested by the DEA.
EDWARD HAYES
No father is happy to find his son has been arrested by the DEA,
EDWARD HAYES
Traveling makes a man wiser, but less happy.
THOMAS JEFFERSON
Depend upon it, after all, Thomas, Literature is the most noble of professions. In fact, it is about...
EDGAR ALLAN POE
Karrin, eh?" Thomas asked.

I nodded. "She's real serious about order. A man dying, she ca...
JIM BUTCHER
No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as real...
CHRISTIAN NEVELL BOVEE
No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as real...
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE
No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as real...
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE
Well, let me tell you something; I knew Thomas Jefferson. He was a friend of mine and Governor. . . ...
RONALD REAGAN
I think Thomas was just happy that we won a home game. We've had just two home games (out of nine co...
WAYNE HANSCOM
When the sun shines, plants are happy.
When plants grow, animals are happy.
When animals f...
MATSHONA DHLIWAYO
You look at his game from when he was a rookie to now and there's no comparison. He can flat-out sco...
JOHN LUCAS
There's no comparison to me. There's nothing like Yankees-Red Sox to me.
WILLIE RANDOLPH
A man with a surplus can control circumstances, but a man without a surplus is controlled by them, a...
HARVEY S. FIRESTONE
A man with a surplus can control circumstances, but a man without a surplus is controlled by them, a...
MARSHALL FIELD
No one could be more happy than a man who has never known affliction.
FAY WELDON
No one could be more happy than a man who has never known affliction
DEMETRIUS PHALERENS
No one could be more happy than a man who has never known affliction
DEMETRIUS PHALERENS
No one could be more happy than a man who has never known affliction
FAY WELDON
A happy man is one who wants what he has. An unhappy man gets what he wants but never stops wanting.
VIKRANT PARSAI
You want to know the secret to raising good kids?”
“What’s that? asked Thomas.
“Hi...
CHRIS NICOLAISEN
Comparison is a thug that robs your joy. But it's even more than that - Comparison makes you a t...
ANN VOSKAMP
Works of the intellect are great only by comparison with each other.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Whether the Bible is true or false, is of no consequence in comparison with the mental freedom of th...
ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL
There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous be...
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. -Thomas...
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If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issuance of their currency, first by ...
THOMAS JEFFERSON
We must train and classify the whole of our male citizens, and make military instruction a regular p...
THOMAS JEFFERSON
A Decalogue of Canons for observation in practical life. 1. Never put off till to-morrow what you ca...
THOMAS JEFFERSON
the giver of life, who gave it for happiness and not for wretchedness.
THOMAS JEFFERSON
God who gave us life gave us liberty. 1 Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed...
THOMAS JEFFERSON
The bank mania is one of the most threatening of these imitations. It is raising up a monied aristoc...
THOMAS JEFFERSON
A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high duties of a good citizen, but i...
THOMAS JEFFERSON
Architecture worth great attention. As we double our numbers every 20 years we must double our house...
THOMAS JEFFERSON
As, for the safety of society, we commit honest maniacs to Bedlam, so judges should be withdrawn fro...
THOMAS JEFFERSON
Jefferson was against any needless official apparel, but if the gown was to carry, he said: For Heav...
THOMAS JEFFERSON
The firmness with which the people have withstood the late abuses of the press, the discernment they...
THOMAS JEFFERSON
At the establishment of our constitutions, the judiciary bodies were supposed to be the most helples...
THOMAS JEFFERSON
The germ of dissolution of our federal government is in the constitution of the federal judiciary; a...
THOMAS JEFFERSON
What a wonderful phenomenon it is, carefully considered, when the human eye, that jewel of organic s...
THOMAS MANN
The more the diamond is cut the brighter it sparkles; and in what seems hard dealing, there God has ...
THOMAS GUTHRIE
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supportin...
THOMAS PAINE
And as to you, Sir, treacherous in private friendship and a hypocrite in public life, the world will...
THOMAS PAINE