A secret is not something unrevealed, but something told privately, in a whisper.

Quote by Marcel Pagnol

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One has to look out for engineers - they begin with sewing machines and end...

One has to look out for engineers - they begin with sewing machines and end...

The most difficult secret for a man to keep is his own opinion of himself.

The most difficult secret for a man to keep is his own opinion of himself.

Honor is like a match, you can only use it once.

Honor is like a match, you can only use it once.

The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see...

The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see...

I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other...

I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other...

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man...

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man...

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.

I can sympathise with people's pains, but not with their pleasures. There is something curiously...

I can sympathise with people's pains, but not with their pleasures. There is something curiously...

If one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams, and endeavors to live the...

If one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams, and endeavors to live the...

It's afterwards you realize that the feeling of happiness you had with a man didn't...

It's afterwards you realize that the feeling of happiness you had with a man didn't...

I don't understand why Europeans and South Americans can take more sophistication. Why is it...

I don't understand why Europeans and South Americans can take more sophistication. Why is it...

Happiness is a byproduct of an effort to make someone else happy

Happiness is a byproduct of an effort to make someone else happy

But I have to say, probably when I'm about 30 I'll be pretty, not settled,...

But I have to say, probably when I'm about 30 I'll be pretty, not settled,...

The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.

The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.

The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make...

The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make...

Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside...

Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside...

Happiness is what happens to us when we try to make someone else happy.

Happiness is what happens to us when we try to make someone else happy.

That's the difference between me and the rest of the world! Happiness isn't good enough...

That's the difference between me and the rest of the world! Happiness isn't good enough...

The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.

The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.

There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal...

There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal...