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		<title>Russell, Bertrand -- Conquest of Happiness, Part 2, ch. 17 &#8220;The Happy Man&#8221; (1930)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In fact the whole antithesis between self and the rest of the world, which is implied in the doctrine of self-denial, disappears as soon as we have any genuine interest in persons or things outside ourselves. Through such interests a man comes to feel himself part of the stream of life, not a hard separate [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In fact the whole antithesis between self and the rest of the world, which is implied in the doctrine of self-denial, disappears as soon as we have any genuine interest in persons or things outside ourselves. Through such interests a man comes to feel himself part of the stream of life, not a hard separate entity like a billiard-ball, which can have no relation with other such entities except that of collision.</p>
<br><b>Bertrand Russell</b> (1872–1970) English mathematician and philosopher<br><i>Conquest of Happiness</i>, Part 2, ch. 17 &#8220;The Happy Man&#8221; (1930) 
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		<title>Taleb, Nassim Nicholas -- Fooled by Randomness, Part 1, ch. 2 (2001)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The epic poet did not judge his heroes by the result: Heroes won and lost battles in a manner that was totally independent of their own valor; their fate depended upon totally external forces, generally the explicit agency of the scheming gods (not devoid of nepotism(. Heroes are heroes because they are heroic in behavior, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The epic poet did not judge his heroes by the result: Heroes won and lost battles in a manner that was totally independent of their own valor; their fate depended upon totally external forces, generally the explicit agency of the scheming gods (not devoid of nepotism(. Heroes are heroes because they are heroic in behavior, not because they won or loss.</p>
<br><b>Nassim Nicholas Taleb</b> (b. 1960) Lebanese-American essayist, statistician, risk analyst, aphorist<br><i>Fooled by Randomness</i>, Part 1, ch. 2 (2001) 
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		<title>Russell, Bertrand -- Conquest of Happiness, Part 1, ch.  1 &#8220;What Makes People Unhappy?&#8221; (1930)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I enjoy life; I might almost say that with every year that passes I enjoy it more. This is due partly to having discovered what were the things that I most desired, and having gradually acquired many of these things. Partly it is due to having successfully dismissed certain objects of desire &#8212; such as [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I enjoy life; I might almost say that with every year that passes I enjoy it more. This is due partly to having discovered what were the things that I most desired, and having gradually acquired many of these things. Partly it is due to having successfully dismissed certain objects of desire &#8212; such as the acquisition of indubitable knowledge about something or other &#8212; as essentially unattainable. But very largely it is due to a diminishing preoccupation with myself. Like others who had a Puritan education, I had the habit of meditating on my sins, follies, and shortcomings. I seemed to myself &#8212; no doubt justly &#8212; a miserable specimen. Gradually I learned to be indifferent to myself and my deficiencies; I came to centre my attention increasingly upon external objects: the state of the world, various branches of knowledge, individuals for whom I felt affection.</p>
<br><b>Bertrand Russell</b> (1872–1970) English mathematician and philosopher<br><i>Conquest of Happiness</i>, Part 1, ch.  1 &#8220;What Makes People Unhappy?&#8221; (1930) 
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		<title>Arnot, William -- Laws from Heaven for Life on Earth: Illustrations of the Book of Proverbs, ch. 49 (1858)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[She may safely wear elegant garments, who in character and bearing is elegant without their aid. If honour be your clothing, the suit will last a life-time, but if clothing be your honour, it will soon be worn thread-bare. Commentary on Proverbs 31:25: &#8220;Strength and honor are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>She may safely wear elegant garments, who in character and bearing is elegant without their aid. If honour be your clothing, the suit will last a life-time, but if clothing be your honour, it will soon be worn thread-bare.</p>
<br><b>William Arnot</b> (1808–1875) Scottish minister and theological writer<br><i>Laws from Heaven for Life on Earth: Illustrations of the Book of Proverbs</i>, ch. 49 (1858) 
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		<title>Sophocles -- Antigone, l. 1165ff [Messenger] (441 BC) [tr. Watling (1947), Epilogos, l. 977ff]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[For life without life’s joys Is living death; and such a life is his. Riches and rank and show of majesty And state, where no joy is, are empty, vain And unsubstantial shadows, of no weight To be compared with happiness of heart. [τὰς γὰρ ἡδονὰς ὅταν προδῶσιν ἄνδρες, οὐ τίθημ᾽ ἐγὼ ζῆν τοῦτον, ἀλλ᾽ [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For life without life’s joys<br />
Is living death; and such a life is his.<br />
Riches and rank and show of majesty<br />
And state, where no joy is, are empty, vain<br />
And unsubstantial shadows, of no weight<br />
To be compared with happiness of heart.</p>
<p>[τὰς γὰρ ἡδονὰς<br />
ὅταν προδῶσιν ἄνδρες, οὐ τίθημ᾽ ἐγὼ<br />
ζῆν τοῦτον, ἀλλ᾽ ἔμψυχον ἡγοῦμαι νεκρόν.<br />
πλούτει τε γὰρ κατ᾽ οἶκον, εἰ βούλει, μέγα<br />
καὶ ζῆ τύραννον σχῆμ᾽ ἔχων: ἐὰν δ᾽ ἀπῇ<br />
τούτων τὸ χαίρειν, τἄλλ᾽ ἐγὼ καπνοῦ σκιᾶς<br />
οὐκ ἂν πριαίμην ἀνδρὶ πρὸς τὴν ἡδονήν]</p>
<br><b>Sophocles</b> (496–406 BC) Greek tragic playwright<br><i>Antigone</i>, l. 1165ff [Messenger] (441 BC) [tr. Watling (1947), Epilogos, l. 977ff] 
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<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0185%3Acard%3D1155#text_main:~:text=%CF%84%E1%BD%B0%CF%82%20%CE%B3%E1%BD%B0%CF%81%20%E1%BC%A1%CE%B4%CE%BF%CE%BD%E1%BD%B0%CF%82,%E1%BC%82%CE%BD%20%CF%80%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%BC%CE%B7%CE%BD%20%E1%BC%80%CE%BD%CE%B4%CF%81%E1%BD%B6%20%CF%80%CF%81%E1%BD%B8%CF%82%20%CF%84%E1%BD%B4%CE%BD%20%E1%BC%A1%CE%B4%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%AE%CE%BD">Original Greek</a>. Other translations:<br><br>

<blockquote>For him I reckon but<br>
An animate corpse, and not a living man,<br>
Whose life's delights are cast away. Thy house,<br>
I grant thee, may be richly stored with wealth;<br>
And thou may'st live in royal pomp: but if <br>
Joy is not there the while, and I must lose<br>
All happiness thereby, I would not give<br>
Smoke's shadow as the price of all the rest.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Antigone_of_Sophocles_in_Greek_and_E/HMQNAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA111&printsec=frontcover&bsq=%22for%20him%20i%20reckon%20but%22">Donaldson</a> (1848)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>For a life<br>
Without life's joys I count a living death.<br>
You'll tell me he has ample store of wealth,<br>
The pomp and circumstance of kings; but if<br>
These give no pleasure, all the rest I count<br>
The shadow of a shade, nor would I weigh<br>
His wealth and power 'gainst a dram of joy.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/31/31-h/31-h.htm#linkantigone:~:text=for%20a%20life,power%20'gainst%20a%20dram%20of%20joy.">Storr</a> (1859)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>For when a man is lost to joy,<br>
I count him not to live, but reckon him<br>
A living corse. Riches belike are his,<br>
Great riches and the appearance of a King;<br>
But if no gladness come to him, all else<br>
Is shadow of a vapour, weighed with joy.<br>
[tr. <a href="http://www.loyalbooks.com/download/text/Electra-Sophocles.txt#:~:text=For%20when%20a%20man%20is%20lost,of%20a%20vapour%2C%20weighed%20with%20joy.">Campbell</a> (1873)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>When a man has forfeited his pleasures, I do not reckon his existence as life, but consider him just a breathing corpse. Heap up riches in your house, if you wish! Live with a tyrant's pomp! But if there is no joy along with all of that, I would not pay even the shadow of smoke for all the rest, compared with joy.<br>
[tr. <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0186%3Acard%3D1155#text_main:~:text=When%20a%20man%20has%20forfeited%20his,all%20the%20rest%2C%20compared%20with%20joy.">Jebb</a> (1891)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>For when a man hath forfeited his pleasures, I count him not as living, -- I hold him but a breathing corpse. Heap up riches in thy house, if thou wilt; live in kingly state; yet, if there be no gladness therewith, I would not give the shadow of a vapour for all the rest, compared with joy.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Tragedies_of_Sophocles_(Jebb_1917)/Antigone#pageindex_177:~:text=For%20when%20a%20man%20hath%20forfeited,all%20the%20rest%2C%20compared%20with%20joy.">Jebb</a> (1917)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Who can say<br>
That a man is still alive when his life’s joy fails?<br>
He is a walking dead man. Grant him rich,<br>
Let him live like a king in his great house:<br>
If his pleasure is gone, I would not give<br>
So much as the shadow of smoke for all he owns. <br>
[tr. <a href="https://mthoyibi.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/antigone_2.pdf">Fitts/Fitzgerald</a> (1939), l. 910ff]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Yes, when a man has lost all happiness,<br>
he's not alive. Call him a breathing corpse.<br>
Be very rich at home. Live as a king.<br>
But once your joy has gone, though these are left<br>
they are smoke's shadow to lost happiness.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/files/content/docs/SOPHOCLES_ANTIGONE_(AS08).PDF">Wyckoff</a> (1954)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>He who forfeits joy<br>
Forfeits his life; he is a breathing corpse.<br>
Heap treasures in your palace, if you will,<br>
And wear the pomp of royalty; but if<br>
You have no happiness, I would not give<br>
A straw for all of it, compared with joy.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Antigone_Oedipus_the_King_Electra/I9Ely1BXWAQC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PP1&printsec=frontcover&bsq=%22he%20is%20a%20breathing%20corpse%22">Kitto</a> (1962)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Believe me,<br>
when a man has squandered his true joys,<br>
he's good as dead, I tell you, a living corpse.<br>
Pile up riches in your house, as much as you like --<br>
live like a king with a huge show of pomp,<br>
but if real delight is missing from the lot,<br>
I wouldn't give you a wisp of smoke for it,<br>
not compared to joy.
[tr. <a href="https://www.olma.org/ourpages/auto/2013/9/5/51879406/Antigone.pdf">Fagles</a> (1982), l. 1284ff]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>When every source of joy deserts a man,<br>
I don't call him alive: he's an animated corpse.<br>
For my money, you can get rich as you want,<br>
You can wear the face of a tyrant, <br>
But if you have no joy in this,<br>
Your life's not worth the shadow of a puff of smoke.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Antigone/4180HoH81RgC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PP1&printsec=frontcover&bsq=1165">Woodruff</a> (2001)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Whenever men forfeit their pleasures, I do not regard<br> 
such a man as alive, but I consider him a living corpse. <br>
Be very wealthy in your household, if you wish, and live <br>
the style of absolute rulers, but should the enjoyment of these <br>
depart, what is left, compared to pleasure,<br>
I would not buy from a man for a shadow of smoke.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://diotima-doctafemina.org/translations/greek/sophocles-antigone/#post-1273:~:text=Whenever%20men%20forfeit%20their%20pleasures%2C%20I,man%20for%20a%20shadow%20of%20smoke.">Tyrell/Bennett</a> (2002)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>When a man’s body has lost all sense of joy, you can say he’s not alive any more. He is a living corpse. You can have as much wealth in your house as you like and you can live like a king but when joy is missing then all those other things I wouldn’t exchange for the price of the shadow of smoke -- not against the sweetness of joy!<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Greek/Antigone.php#content:~:text=because%20when%20a%20man%E2%80%99s%20body%20has,brought%20to%20the%20kings%20this%20time%3F">Theodoridis</a> (2004), "Herald"]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>For when a man has lost<br>
what gives him pleasure, I don’t include him<br>
among the living -- he’s a breathing corpse.<br>
Pile up a massive fortune in your home,<br>
if that’s what you want -- live like a king.<br>
If there’s no pleasure in it, I’d not give<br>
to any man a vapour’s shadow for it,<br>
not compared to human joy.<br>
[tr. <a href="http://johnstoi.web.viu.ca//sophocles/antigone.htm#:~:text=For%20when%20a%20man%20has%20lost,not%20compared%20to%20human%20joy.">Johnston</a> (2005), l. 1296ff]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>But when people lose their pleasures, I do not consider this life -- rather, it is just a corpse with a soul.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://sententiaeantiquae.com/2018/09/22/sophoclean-sententiae-saturday-ii/#post-21981:~:text=%E2%80%9CBut%20when%20people%20lose%20their%20pleasures%2C,%CF%84%CE%BF%E1%BF%A6%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BD%2C%20%E1%BC%80%CE%BB%CE%BB%E1%BE%BD%20%E1%BC%94%CE%BC%CF%88%CF%85%CF%87%CE%BF%CE%BD%20%E1%BC%A1%CE%B3%CE%BF%E1%BF%A6%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%B9%20%CE%BD%CE%B5%CE%BA%CF%81%CF%8C%CE%BD.%20%5B1165%2D7%5D">@sentantiq</a> (2018)]</blockquote>

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		<title>Shakespeare, William -- Henry V, Act 5, sc. 2, l. 164ff (5.2.164) (1599)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[HENRY: A speaker is but a prater, a rhyme is but a ballad, a good leg will fall, a straight back will stoop, a black beard will turn white, a curled pate will grow bald, a fair face will wither, a full eye will wax hollow, but a good heart, Kate, is the sun and [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="hangingindent">HENRY: A speaker is but a prater, a rhyme is but a ballad, a good leg will fall, a straight back will stoop, a black beard will turn white, a curled pate will grow bald, a fair face will wither, a full eye will wax hollow, but a good heart, Kate, is the sun and the moon, or rather the sun and not the moon, for it shines bright and never changes but keeps his course truly. If thou would have such a one, take me.</p>
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<br><b>William Shakespeare</b> (1564–1616) English dramatist and poet<br><i>Henry V</i>, Act 5, sc. 2, l. 164ff (5.2.164) (1599) 
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						<a href="http://www.bartleby.com/73/1222.html">Quoted</a> by Walter Mondale as a eulogy for Hubert Humphrey. 						</span>
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