Quote by Samuel Johnson
It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none sho

It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality. – Samuel Johnson

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

The mind is seldom quickened to very vigorous operations but by pain, or the dread of pain. We do not disturb ourselves with the detection of fallacies which do us no harm. – Samuel Johnson

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The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope. – Samuel Johnson

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All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it. – Samuel Johnson

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Equality
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We are also further than ever from equality of opportunity. – Ferdinand Mount

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Death and dice level all distinction. – Samuel Foote, The Minor

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As experience widens, one begins to see how much upon a level all human things are. – Joseph Farrell

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In science, all facts, no matter how trivial or banal, enjoy democratic equality. – Mary McCarthy

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In America there are two classes of travel: first class and with childen. – Robert Benchley

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Travel teaches tolerance. – Benjamin Disraeli

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Man can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as… from a lack of bread. – Richard Wright, Native Son, 1940

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