"It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is." ― Desiderius Erasmus Topic(s): Happiness More From Desiderius Erasmus "War is sweet to those who have not experienced it." "When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes." "Everyone knows that by far the happiest and universally enjoyable age of man is the first. What is there about babies which makes us hug and kiss and fondle them, so that even an enemy would give them help at that age?" More In Happiness "False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared."― Charles de Montesquieu "Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one’s self to do without it."― George Eliot "Happiness, for you we walk on a knife edge. To the eyes you are a flickering light, to the feet, thin ice that cracks; and so may no one touch you who loves you."― Eugenio Montale