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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

I am sorry I have not learnt to play at cards. It is very useful in life: it generates kindness, and consolidates society. – Samuel Johnson

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Sports :: Poker
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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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The world is seldom what it seems to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as dreams, and dreams realities. – Samuel Johnson

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Dreams
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Samuel Johnson
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It was as if all of the happiness, all of the magic of this blissful hour had flowed together into these stirring, bittersweet tones and flowed away, becoming temporal and transitory once more. – Herman Hesse

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Happiness is a by-product of an effort to make someone else happy. – Gretta Brooker Palmer

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Desire is individual. Happiness is common. – Julian Casablancas

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You take away all the other luxuries in life, and if you can make someone smile and laugh, you have given the most special gift: happiness. – Brad Garrett

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A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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