le bonheur ne s'achète pas

/lə bɔ.nœʁ nə sa.ʃɛt pa/

phrase★Intermediate◆proverb

informal

True happiness cannot be purchased; it comes from within and cannot be obtained through material wealth.

Même avec beaucoup d'argent, le bonheur ne s'achète pas.

Even with a lot of money, happiness cannot be bought.

💡

Used to stress that money or material possessions do not guarantee personal fulfillment.

Collocations

chercher le bonheurto seek happinesscultiver le bonheurto cultivate happiness

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais