Pleasure is seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks. - Samuel Johnson

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Pleasure is seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.

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About Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709 [7 September O.S.] – 13 December 1784) was a British author, linguist and lexicographer. He is often referred to as simply Dr. Johnson in the history of literature and is regarded as the greatest man of letters in English history.

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Alternative Names: Dr Johnson • Dr. Johnson • Great Moralist
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Originators like Samuel Johnson:
William Hazlitt Michel de Montaigne Jonathan Swift Joseph Addison Benjamin Franklin

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Philips, whose touch harmonious could remove
The pangs of guilty power and hapless love!
Rest here, distress'd by poverty no more;
Here find that calm thou gav'st so oft before;
Sleep undisturb'd within this peaceful shrine,
Till angels wake thee with a note like thine!
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