Samuel Johnson, Happiness and Wine
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“A man is never happy for the present, but when he is drunk.”
- Samuel Johnson
As happiness now, Johnson thunk,
Requires that a fellow be drunk,
Pursuing the happy,
A literate chappy,
So happy became that he stunk.
Copyright © Jerrold Prothero | Year Posted 2025
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