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Quote by Samuel Johnson
He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happines

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts. – Samuel Johnson

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it. – Samuel Johnson

Category:
Broken Hearts
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Samuel Johnson
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Wine makes a man better pleased with himself. I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others… This is one of the disadvantages of wine, it makes a man mistake words for thoughts. – Samuel Johnson

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Wine
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Samuel Johnson
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Other Quotes from
Attitude
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Abhorrence of apartheid is a moral attitude, not a policy. – Edward Heath

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Attitude

I was entirely natural and in many ways I have the same attitude now. I dont mourn the loss of my youth because I believe you should enjoy what you have while you have it. – Koo Stark

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Attitude

My opponents attitude is, If it moves, tax it, if it keeps moving, regulate it and when it stops, subsidize it. – Rob Simmons

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Attitude

Right after Raymond I had a world-is-my-oyster attitude, but I found out I dont like oysters. I had this existential emptiness. What is my purpose? Who am I? I had a big identity crisis. – Ray Romano

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Attitude

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Im trying to knock the medical profession into accepting its responsibilities, and those responsibilities include assisting their patients with death. – Jack Kevorkian

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Death

As a parent and a citizen, Ill take a Bill Gates (or Warren Buffett) over Steve Jobs every time. If we must have billionaires, better they should ignore Jobss example and instead embrace the morality and wisdom of the great industrialist-philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. – Eric Alterman

Category:
Wisdom

You can hope for a miracle in your life, or you can realize that your life is the miracle. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

Category:
Life

Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears. – Edgar Allan Poe

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Beauty