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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I would advise you Sir, to study algebra, if you are not already an adept in it: your head would be less muddy, and you will leave off tormenting your neighbors about paper and packthread, while we all live together in a world that is bursting with sin and sorrow. – Samuel Johnson

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

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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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