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What do you mean by happiness? If you mean something like the standard meaning, then no, we will never find lasting happiness in this vale of tears. Sure, we'll have transitory happiness, but our knowledge of its transitoriness will mean that it won't *really* be happiness.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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