In the bottle discontent seeks for comfort, cowardice for courage, and…

Samuel Johnson
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In the bottle discontent seeks for comfort, cowardice for courage, and bashfulness for confidence. ✨ Samuel Johnson, William Hazlitt (1854). Johnson's Lives of the British Poets, p.66
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In the bottle discontent seeks for comfort, cowardice for courage, and bashfulness for confidence. ✨ Samuel Johnson, William Hazlitt (1854). Johnson's Lives of the British Poets, p.66

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