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Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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Let me rejoice in the light which Thou hast imparted let me serve Thee with active zeal, humbled confidence, and wait with patient expectation for the time in which the soul which Thou receivest shall be satisfied with knowledge.
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Merriment is always the effect of a sudden impression. The jest which is expected is already destroyed.
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The disturbers of our happiness, in this world, are our desires, our griefs, and our fears.
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Few faults of style, whether real or imaginary, excite the malignity of a more numerous class of readers, than the use of hard words.
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Nothing is more idle than to inquire after happiness, which nature has kindly placed within our reach.
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