 | Mark R Keeler - Information superhighway - 2006 - 239 pages
...one of the most compelling explanations of invasions of privacy. 2.7 Undercurrents of Humanity "True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to...arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one 's self, and in the next from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions. " —Joseph... | |
 | Thomas J. Leonard - Business & Economics - 2007 - 339 pages
...it's worth. (sign in the window of The Low Self-Esteem Cafe) — from a cartoon by JOHN CALLAHAN True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to...the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self. — JOSEPH ADDISON Get rid of what makes you most unattractive to yourself. Superconductivity is an... | |
 | American literature - 1855 - 588 pages
...fortunately for his ears, the widow never saw him again. — Washington Union. HAPPINESS. — True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to...arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's-eelf, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of afew select companions : false... | |
 | 1920 - 758 pages
...and, if possible, followed by a bath, or, at any rate, a brisk rub down with a rough towel. ODD TRUE happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise. It arises in the fiiS place from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next from the friendship and conversation of... | |
 | A. U. Faulkner, Spenser O. M. Ovington - Education - 1895 - 580 pages
...heroic rearing. She inscribed Addison's words in letters of gold above the door of the school: "True happiness is of a retired nature and an enemy to pomp and noise." This was the happiest time in her life. She wrote the two last volumes of her "Theatre d' Education,"... | |
 | Christopher Markert - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1968 - 68 pages
...mind, you can set the stage for the enjoyment of a carefree and lively life. As has been said: "True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise." (Joseph Addison). The mind needs to be shaken up and aired once in a while. Serious responsibilites... | |
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True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise : it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self; and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions. 
