Philosophers there are who try to make themselves believe that this li…

Samuel Johnson
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Philosophers there are who try to make themselves believe that this life is happy; but they believe it only while they are saying it, and never yet produced conviction in a single mind. ✨ Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy, Francis Pearson Walesby (1825). Essay on the life and genius of Dr. Johnson [by Arthur Murphy] Poems. Rasselas, prince of Abissinia. Letters, p.348
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