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Quote by Samuel Johnson
This is my history; like all other histories, a narrative of miser

This is my history; like all other histories, a narrative of misery. – Samuel Johnson

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

Authors and lovers always suffer some infatuation, from which only absence can set them free. – Samuel Johnson

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Writing
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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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It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality. – Samuel Johnson

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Equality
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Samuel Johnson
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Other Quotes from
History
category

I havent, in the 23 years that I have been in the uniformed services of the United States of America, ever violated an order – not one. – Oliver North

Category:
History

Every library should try to be complete on something, if it were only the history of pinheads. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

Category:
History

History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that I will reveal to you tonight in the greatest confidence. Sometimes there are no winners at all. And sometimes nobody needs to lose. – John le Carre

Category:
History

The historian has before him a jigsaw puzzle from which many pieces have disappeared. These gaps can be filled only by his imagination. – Gaetano Salvemini, Historian and Scientist

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History

Random Quotes

Joy is a flower that blooms when you do. – Author Unknown

Category:
Happiness

Some colors exist in dreams that are not present in the waking spectrum. – Terri Guillemets

Category:
Dreams

It is better to be the hammer than the anvil. – Proverb

Category:
Action(s)

Personal satisfaction is the most important ingredient of success. – Denis Waitley

Category:
Success