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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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The greatest part of a writers time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book. – Samuel Johnson

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We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier. – Walter Savage Landor

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The secret to happiness is to put the burden of proof on unhappiness. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of happiness and funniness. – Maurice Sendak

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You can’t postpone sorrow, so why would you postpone happiness? – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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To pity distress is but human to relieve it is Godlike. – Horace Mann

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You philosophers are sages in your maxims, and fools in your conduct. – Madame Gout to Mr. Benjamin Franklin, “Dialogue between Franklin and the Gout,”

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Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted. – Garrison Keillor

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Men like me, who merely wish to establish political freedom, will in such circumstances lose all their influence, and others will get influence who may become dangerous to all established interests whatsoever. – Lajos Kossuth

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