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Biography - Oscar Wilde:

Irish playwright, novelist, essayist and poet.
Born: 1854 - Died: 1900
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
United Kingdom

When man is happy, he is in harmony with himself and his environment.



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When man is happy, he is in harmony with himself and his environment.



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Lorsque l'homme est heureux, il est en harmonie avec lui-même et avec ce qui l'entoure.

German
Wenn der Mensch glücklich ist, lebt er im Einklang mit sich und seiner Umgebung.




See also 

See also...



But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

A happy life, therefore, is one which is in accordance with its own nature.

Action is the language of the body and should harmonize with the spirit within.




Quotes for: happiness


Quotes

Quotes about happiness:


I have decided to be happy because it's good for my health.





To be happy, we must consider the happiness of another.





Happiness is sometimes hidden in the unknown.





Create all the happiness you are able to create: remove all the misery you are able to remove.





Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.





Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.











Quotes for: oneself


Quotes

Quotes about oneself:


The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.





Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.





If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.





Don't forget to love yourself.





To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.





At any moment you choose you can retire within yourself. Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.











Quotes for: harmony


Quotes

Quotes for: harmony


Out of clutter find simplicity ; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.





Harmony between two individuals is never granted - it has to be conquered indefinitely.





From things that differ comes the most beautiful harmony.





Wisdom is harmony.





It is doubtless a fine harmony when doing and saying go together.





He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.











Quotes

Oscar Wilde also said...


Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If the caveman had known how to laugh, History would have been different.





To be in love is to surpass one's self.





Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.





Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.





In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.





Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.












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