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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

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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Strangers
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Samuel Johnson
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No man will be found in whose mind airy notions do not sometimes tyrannize, and force him to hope or fear beyond the limits of sober probability. – Samuel Johnson

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Reality
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Samuel Johnson
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Other Quotes from
Happiness
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The word happiness would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. – Carl Jung

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Happiness

Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness. – Sophocles

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Happiness

Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service. – Henry Ford

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Happiness

It is also rarer to find happiness in a man surrounded by the miracles of technology than among people living in the desert of the jungle and who by the standards set by our society would be considered destitute and out of touch. – Thor Heyerdahl

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Happiness

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No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist. – Walter Bagehot

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Wine in, truth out. – English proverb

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Distance doesnt exist, in fact, and neither does time. Vibrations from love or music can be felt everywhere, at all times. – Yoko Ono

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