Quote by Samuel Johnson
We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be

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

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions. – Samuel Johnson

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Friendship
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Dont think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drive into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark. – Samuel Johnson

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Retirement
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Happiness
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The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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Happiness

The secular world looks to the church and to its chagrin, finds no love, no life, no laughter, no hope and no happiness. – Rod Parsley

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Happiness

I have my moments. Ever since I was a boy, I never was someone who was at ease with happiness. Too often I embrace introspection and self-doubt. I wish I could embrace the good things. – Hugh Laurie

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Happiness

Happiness, to some, elation Is, to others, mere stagnation. – Amy Lowell

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Happiness

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Coffee makes me invincible. But when the cup is empty, I return to mere mortal. – Terri Guillemets

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Only one thing can conquer war – that attitude of mind which can see nothing in war but destruction and annihilation. – Ludwig von Mises

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Attitude

A dentist gets to the root of the problem. – Dental Humor

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Dental

When Im talking to a large audience, I imagine that Im talking to a single person. – Red Barber

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