Felicity – Quotes

Felicity grimaced in agreement.

Felicity grimaced in agreement. “No, you are perfectly correct. I did not realize how vital the approbation of one’s butler is in allowing for nocturnal autonomy. Gail Carriger

We hence acquire this

We hence acquire this sublime and interesting idea; that all the calcareous mountains in the world, and all the strata of clay, coal, marl, sand, and iron, which are incumbent on them, are MONUMENTS OF THE PAST FELICITY OF ORGANIZED NATURE! Erasmus Darwin

If any be unhappy,

If any be unhappy, let him remember that he is unhappy by reason of himself alone. For God hath made all men to enjoy felicity and constancy of good. Epictetus

Elysium is as far

Elysium is as far as to The very nearest room, If in that room a friend await Felicity of doom. Emily Dickinson

Felicity, not fluency of

Felicity, not fluency of language, is a merit. Edwin Percy Whipple

Pure felicity is reserved

Pure felicity is reserved for the heavenly life; it grows not in an earthly soil. Edwin Hubbel Chapin

It is scarcely possible

It is scarcely possible that the eyes of contemporaries should discover in the public felicity the latent causes of decay and corruption. This long peace, and the uniform government of the Romans, introduced a slow and secret poison into the vitals of the empire. The minds of men were gradually reduced to the same level, … Read more

[I]f we could have

[I]f we could have devised an arrangement for providing everybody with music in their homes, perfect in quality, unlimited in quantity, suited to every mood, and beginning and ceasing at will, we should have considered the limit of human felicity already attained, and ceased to strive for further improvements. Edward Bellamy

Style: There is something

Style: There is something in too much verbal felicity (as in Joyce or Nabokov or Borges) that can betray the writer into technique for the sake of technique. Edward Abbey