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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

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Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test. – Samuel Johnson

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Truth
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Samuel Johnson
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Prudence operates on life in the same manner as rule of composition; it produces vigilance rather than elevation; rather prevents loss than procures advantage; and often miscarriages, but seldom reaches either power or honor. – Samuel Johnson

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Prudence
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Samuel Johnson
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Other Quotes from
Happiness
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So often the shortest distance to happiness is the length of an about-face. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Happiness

The applause was so loud and insistent that I had to respond with several encores. I was numb with happiness, when it was over, I knew that this alone must be my life and my world. – Leni Riefenstahl

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Happiness

I have often met with happiness after some imprudent step which ought to have brought ruin upon me, and although passing a vote of censure upon myself I would thank God for his mercy. – Giacomo Casanova

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Happiness

I always had a larger view. Im interested in real life – my family, my friends. I have tried never to define myself by my success, whatever that is. My happiness is way beyond roles and awards. – Amy Adams

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Happiness

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Old Time, that greatest and longest established spinner of all!…. his factory is a secret place, his work is noiseless, and his hands are mutes. – Charles Dickens

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Age

If Im a lush at anything, its food and drink. Im not materialistic in any way, but I value food. – Hugh Jackman

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Food

When one of your dreams come true, you begin to look at the others more carefully. – Anon.

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Dreams

War is not the continuation of politics with different means, it is the greatest mass-crime perpetrated on the community of man. – Alfred Adler

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Politics