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All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evi

All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil. – Samuel Johnson

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We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself. – Samuel Johnson

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