Author of the classic Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert famously declared: âTo be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.â. Albert Schweitzer said âHappiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.â.
1 A gross refers to a group of 144 items (a dozen dozen or a square dozen).  A great gross refers to a group of 1728 items (a dozen gross or a cubic dozen).
whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross sum, or gross amount, the gross weight; -- opposed to net. Gross (adj) the main body; the chief part, bulk, or mass. Gross. the number of twelve dozen; twelve times twelve; as, a gross of bottles; ten gross of pens