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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

There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at a capital tavern… No, Sir there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn. – Samuel Johnson

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

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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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