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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
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Date: 6/16/2025 4:45:00 PM
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Happiness for the selfish him.
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