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Human happiness seems to consist in three ingredients; action, pleasure and indolence. and though these ingredients ought to be mixed in different proportions, according to the disposition of the person, yet no one ingredient can be entirely wanting without destroying in some measure the relish of the whole composition.
-David Hume
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Human Happiness Seems To Consist In Three

David Hume
Human happiness seems to consist in three ingredients; action, pleasure and indolence. and though these ingredients ought to be mixed in different proportions, according to the disposition of the person, yet no one ingredient can be entirely wanting without destroying in some measure the relish of the whole composition.
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