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.

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Gershon Wolf

Date: 6/22/2025 7:44:00 PM

Different strokes for different folks, as they say.

Jerrold Prothero
Date: 7/17/2025 2:34:00 PM

It does have an element of irony. Johnson himself became a teetotaler, so his strokes changed.

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 6/16/2025 4:45:00 PM

Happiness for the selfish him.