happiness and wealth

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<< The human animal, like others, is adapted to a certain amount of struggle for life, and when by the means of great wealth homo sapiens can gratify all his whims without effort, the mere absence of effort from his life removes an essential ingredient of happiness. >>

- Bertrand Russell in "The Conquest of Happiness"

If I hadn't done my groceries yesterday, I would have left the house in the morning, and would have had a happier day.