If one 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.


As quoted in A Dictionary of Thoughts : Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors, Both Ancient and Modern (1891) edited by Tryon Edwards.

Montesquieu Quotes

If one 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...

If one 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...

If one 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...

If one 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...