Dialogue Between a Happiness Seller and a Passerby

Happiness seller (HS): “Happiness! Happiness for everyone! Buy the new manual on how to become a better man and finally conquer happiness! Full of practical advice by the noblest stoic minds to make you a better person for the new year! Results guaranteed!”

Passerby (P): “Happiness precepts for the New Year?”

HS: “Yes sir! The best you can find. The manual contains a step-by-step guide on how to be happy and is full of stoic precepts you can use with people to appear more sophisticated!”

The passerby frowned, while the happiness seller kept shouting at the crowds flocking into the streets as the morning broke.

HS: “Losing weight? Making more money? Finding the love of your life? Whatever your goal is, we can help! Buy the happiness manual now!”

P: “How can you make so many things possible?”

HS: “Our proprietary happiness formula, Sir! When you use it, breakthroughs will come. You will experience faster results than ever. You will succeed at work, climbing the ranks in your career, making more money, and generating more wealth and power. Not only that, but you will have more energy and greater health; you will be happier; and most importantly, you’ll have more freedom and time to give to your family, friends, and hobbies.”