The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.

Eric Hoffer

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Topic

Seeking happiness Happiness Unhappiness Seeking

Author

Eric Hoffer

Source

The Passionate State of Mind and Other Aphorisms

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1955 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Hoffer, Eric. The Passionate State of Mind, and Other Aphorisms. Harper & Row, 1955, no. 280.

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I like to find
what's not found
at once, but lies
within something of another nature
in repose, distinct.

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Pleasures

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Topic
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Author

Denise Levertov
Source
Pleasures
Medium
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Language
English
Time
1959 1950s 20th century
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Levertov, Denise. "Pleasures." With Eyes at the Back of Our Heads. New Directions Publishing, 1959, I. 1.

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To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright.

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Topic
Self-knowledge Happiness

Author

Walter Benjamin
Source
One Way Street
Language
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Time
1979 1970s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Benjamin, Walter. Einbahnstraße [One Way Street]. Ernst Rowohlt Verlag, 1928.

Current Citation

Benjamin, Walter. One-Way Street, translated by Edmund Jephcott, edited by Michael W. Jennings. Belknap Press, 2016.

Another quote of the following type Paradox

I must be cruel only to be kind.

William Shakespeare

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End justifies the means Justifications and rationales Cruelty Kindness
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Hamlet

Author

William Shakespeare
Source
Hamlet
Medium
Play
Genre
Tragedy (play)
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
English
Time
1616 1610s 17th century
Era
European Renaissance
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 3, sc. 4.

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Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 3, sc. 4.