Happiness is enjoyed only in proportion as it is known; and such is th…

Samuel Johnson
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Happiness is enjoyed only in proportion as it is known; and such is the state or folly of man, that it is known only by experience of its contrary. ✨ John Hawkesworth, Samuel Johnson, Richard Bathurst, Joseph Warton (1793). The Adventurer, p.216
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Happiness is enjoyed only in proportion as it is known; and such is the state or folly of man, that it is known only by experience of its contrary. ✨ John Hawkesworth, Samuel Johnson, Richard Bathurst, Joseph Warton (1793). The Adventurer, p.216

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