My Experiments in the Practice of Everyday Life

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This Saturday: a happiness quotation from Samuel Johnson.

Samueljohnson“Let no man rashly determine, that unwillingness to be pleased is a proof of understanding…for though peevishness may sometimes justly boast its descent from learning or from wit, it is much oftener of base extraction, the child of vanity, and nurseling of ignorance.” –Samuel Johnson

I’ve translated this sentiment into my resolution, “Be easy to please.”

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