It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should …

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. ✨ Quoted in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) (entry for 7 Apr. 1776)
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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. ✨ Quoted in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) (entry for 7 Apr. 1776)

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