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John Stuart Mill

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Birthday: May 20, 1806

Birthplace: Pentonville, London, England

Death: May 8, 1873

Nationality: United Kingdom

Occupations: Feminist, Economist, Autobiographer, Philosopher, Politician

Religion: Atheism

Spouse: Harriet Taylor Mill

Total quotes: 2

“I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.”

— John Stuart Mill, via Amazon

Tagged: Contentment, Happiness, desires, Satisfaction

“Writing for the press cannot be recommended as a permanent resource to anyone qualified to accomplish anything in the higher departments of literature or thought: not only on account of the uncertainty of this means of livelihood, especially if the writer has a conscience, and will not consent to serve any opinions except his own; but also because the writings by which one can live are not the writings which themselves live, and are never those in which the writer does his best.”

— John Stuart Mill, The Autobiography of John Stuart Mill

Tagged: Writing, Making A Living As A Writer

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