Quote by Samuel Johnson
Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest bl

Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks. – Samuel Johnson

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have no other enjoyment than mere animal pleasure. – Samuel Johnson

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I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any mans virtues the means of deceiving him. – Samuel Johnson

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He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage. – Samuel Johnson

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I certainly wasnt happy. Happiness has to do with reason, and only reason earns it. What I was given was the thing you cant earn, and cant keep, and often dont even recognize at the time I mean joy. – Ursula K. Le Guin

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I have only two kinds of days: happy and hysterically happy. – Allen J. Lefferdink

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There is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. – Henry Drummond

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We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness. – Pierre Corneille

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If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else. – Marvin Gaye

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As Daddy said, life is 95 percent anticipation. – Gloria Swanson

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