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

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The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar and familiar things new. – Samuel Johnson

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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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Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted by minute emulation and laborious trifles. – Samuel Johnson

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Pink isnt just a color, its an attitude! – Miley Cyrus

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Regardless of what ones attitude towards prohibition may be, temperance is something against which, at a time of war, no reasonable protest can be made. – William Lyon Mackenzie King

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With my talent, I can make people laugh and give them another attitude about life. What a blessing that is for me. – Doris Roberts

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If the sky falls, hold up your hands. – Author Unknown

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