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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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In a mans letters you know, Madam, his soul lies naked, his letters are only the mirror of his breast, whatever passes within him is shown undisguised in its natural process. Nothing is inverted, nothing distorted, you see systems in their elements, you discover actions in their motives. – Samuel Johnson

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Letters (writing)
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Samuel Johnson
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There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money. – Samuel Johnson

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We are seldom happy with what we now have, but would go to pieces if we lost any part of it. – Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic’s Notebook, 1960

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Live by this credo: have a little laugh at life and look around you for happiness instead of sadness. Laughter has always brought me out of unhappy situations. – Red Skelton

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The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness. – Eric Hoffer, The Passionate State of Mind, 1954

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