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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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To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labor tends, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution.

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The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning.

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Nobody can write the life of a man but those who have eat and drunk and lived in social intercourse with him.

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Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all.

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Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in so many trifling things to help rid us of our time, which will never return.

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Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you sup from home.

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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.

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Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always proud of himself as the source of it.

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All theory is against freedom of the will; all experience for it.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Author

Born: September 18th, 1709

Died: December 13th, 1784

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