Quote#Happiness
He who, to be happy, needs nothing but himself, is happy
Quote byBerthold Auerbach · 1812–1882
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose (1889), On the Heights (Bunnett, trans.).
English (original)
He who, to be happy, needs nothing but himself, is happy.
— Berthold Auerbach
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