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

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The mind is refrigerated by interruption; the thoughts are diverted from the principal subject; the reader is weary, he suspects not why; and at last throws away the book, which he has too diligently studied. – Samuel Johnson

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There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence, may pass between them at too great a distance to reach either. – Samuel Johnson

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I hate a fellow whom pride, or cowardice, or laziness drives 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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I do desire we may be better strangers. – William Shakespeare

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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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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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Always leave something to wish for otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness. – Baltasar Gracian

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I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process. – Vincent Van Gogh

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