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Quote by Samuel Johnson
There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so

There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern. – 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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There lurks, perhaps, in every human heart a desire of distinction, which inclines every man first to hope, and then to believe, that Nature has given him something peculiar to himself. – Samuel Johnson

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Alas! if the principles of contentment are not within us, the height of station and worldly grandeur will as soon add a cubit to a mans stature as to his happiness. – Laurence Sterne

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But happiness is no respecter of persons. – Stephen Fry

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Happiness, I do not know where to turn to discover you on earth, in the air or the sky yet I know you exist and are no futile dream. – Rosalia de Castro

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Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory. – Norman Vincent Peale

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