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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

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The feeling of friendship is like that of being comfortably filled with roast beef love, like being enlivened with champagne. – Samuel Johnson

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Friendship
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Samuel Johnson
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Hope itself is a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords; but, like all other pleasures immoderately enjoyed, the excesses of hope must be expiated by pain. – Samuel Johnson

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Hope
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Samuel Johnson
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little. – Samuel Johnson

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Women
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Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul is revealed by your actions. – Agatha Christie

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Elvis Costello had a brand new bag. He was a musician, but he knew all about the attitude part of it. – Nick Lowe

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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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If you take the contempt some Americans have for yuppies and multiply it by 10 you might come close to understanding their attitude towards the City, as they call it – London, the people of the south. – Martin C. Smith

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Bigger snacks mean bigger slacks. – Author unknown

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Isn’t it cool when the days that are supposed to feel good, actually do? – Jim Carrey

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We learn geology the morning after the earthquake. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Conduct of Life, 1860

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Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated. – James Dean

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