If you only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier than other people, and this is always difficult - Montesquieu
Quote
“If you only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier than other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.”
Author
Montesquieu wrote 275 years ago
Reference
Same as Ever - A guide to what never changes - Morgan Housel
Related
- Purpose of life not to be happy - Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Making others think we are happy - Francois de la Rochefoucauld
- It is still best to be honest and truthful, to make the most of what we have, to be happy with simple pleasures, and have courage when things go wrong - Laura Ingalls Wilder
- It isn’t what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about - Dale Carnegie