Remember the botched brothel-visit in L’Education sentimentale and remember its lesson. Do not participate: happiness lies in the imagination, not the act. Pleasure is found first in anticipation, later in memory. – Julian Barnes

To be stupid, and selfish, and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness – though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless. – Julian Barnes

To be stupid, and selfish, and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness – though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless. – Julian Barnes

To be stupid, and selfish, and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness – though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless. – Julian Barnes

To be stupid, and selfish, and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness – though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless. – Julian Barnes

To be stupid, and selfish, and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness – though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless. – Julian Barnes

To be stupid, and selfish, and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness – though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless. – Julian Barnes

To be stupid, and selfish, and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness – though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless. – Julian Barnes

To be stupid, and selfish, and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness – though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless. – Julian Barnes

To be stupid, and selfish, and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness – though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless. – Julian Barnes