Samuel Johnson: The fountain of content must spring up in the mind, and he who hath so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition, will waste his life in fruitless efforts and multiply the grief he proposes to remove.

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The fountain of content must spring up in the mind, and he who hath so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition, will waste his life in fruitless efforts and multiply the grief he proposes to remove.

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Samuel Johnson

English writer and lexicographer (1709-1784)

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Анатолий Ананьевич Дворниченко
I think that a better translation for this quote in Russian is as follows: "Фонтан довольства должен появиться в уме, а тот, кто ищет счастья изменяя что-либо кроме своего характера, будет тратить свою жизнь на бесплодные усилия и умножать горе, которое он предполагает устранить." more »
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