Quote by Samuel Johnson
It was his peculiar happiness that he scarcely ever found a strang

It was his peculiar happiness that he scarcely ever found a stranger whom he did not leave a friend; but it must likewise be added, that he had not often a friend long without obliging him to become a stranger. – Samuel Johnson

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavors with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself. – Samuel Johnson

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It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality. – Samuel Johnson

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The moment one accosts a stranger or is accosted by him is above all in this life the moment of drama… Whoever we meet watches us intently at the quick, strange moment of meeting, to see whether we are disposed to be friendly. – Haniel Long

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By foreign hands thy humble grave adorned; By strangers honored, and by strangers mourned. – Alexander Pope

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Every time a man unburdens his heart to a stranger he reaffirms the love that unites humanity. – Germaine Greer

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I do desire we may be better strangers. – William Shakespeare

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