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It is a commonplace among moralists that you cannot get happiness by pursuing it. This is only true if you pursue it unwisely. Gamblers at Monte Carlo are pursuing money, and most of them lose it instead, but there are other ways of pursuing money, which often succeed. So it is with happiness. If you pursue it by means of drink, you are forgetting the hang-over. ;Epicurus pursued it by living only in congenial society and eating only dry bread, supplemented by a little cheese on feast days. His method proved successful in his case, but he was a valetudinarian, and most people would need something more vigorous. For most people, the pursuit of happiness, unless supplemented in various ways, is too abstract and theoretical to be adequate as a personal rule of life. But I think that whatever personal rule of life you may choose it should not, except in rare and heroic cases, be incompatible with happiness.;Man is an animal, and his happiness depends on his physiology more than he likes to think. This is a humble conclusion, but I cannot make myself disbelieve it. Unhappy businessmen, I am convinced, would increase their happiness more by walking six miles every day than by any conceivable change of philosophy. ; Everyone has their own definition of happiness. Life is not what other peoples thinking, but is your inside feeling.;  Happiness is______, With joy, sweetness, and excitement as its fruits.Happiness is_______, With gentleness, comfort and love as its furniture.  Happiness is ________, Who teaches us to love, to sacrifice and own…;; Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself ------Emerson  幸福是香水,你洒在别人身上时,自己也会沾上一两滴.  -------爱默森 ;Dialogue 1 ON happiness A: Mike, what are you reading now? B: I’m reading an article on happiness. The author says life is full of joy and happiness; never