“Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it.”– Gustave Flaubert Related Quotes “One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken.”– Leo Tolstoy “There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.”– Francis Bacon “A good way I know to find happiness, is to not bore a hole to fit the plug.”– Josh Billings