Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife he is alwa… — Quoted

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“Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife he is always proud of himself as the source of it.”

Samuel Johnson · Happiness

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There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at a capital tavern... No, Sir there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.

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Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues impracticable, and others extremely difficult.

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