Dr. JohnsonV. Golancz, 1928 - 203 pages |
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... happiness . It is the nature of appetite , if it be uncontrolled by reason , always to outrun satisfaction ; and , to illustrate this , Johnson selects from history appropriate examples of the Vanity of Human Wishes . The solution to ...
... happiness . It is the nature of appetite , if it be uncontrolled by reason , always to outrun satisfaction ; and , to illustrate this , Johnson selects from history appropriate examples of the Vanity of Human Wishes . The solution to ...
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... happiness and that this life is but a testing - ground , then certainly a man is robbing himself so far as he concentrates his attention upon the passing goods of this world to the exclusion of the ultimate good . He is continually ...
... happiness and that this life is but a testing - ground , then certainly a man is robbing himself so far as he concentrates his attention upon the passing goods of this world to the exclusion of the ultimate good . He is continually ...
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... happiness . Nevertheless the money which buys a cup of coffee after dinner clearly has less influence upon happiness than the money without which there would be no dinner at all . The law of diminishing returns , as I have said , very ...
... happiness . Nevertheless the money which buys a cup of coffee after dinner clearly has less influence upon happiness than the money without which there would be no dinner at all . The law of diminishing returns , as I have said , very ...
Contents
II | 10 |
THE IMPORTANCE OF GRUB STREET | 26 |
THE RAMBLER CHESTERFIELD SHAKESPEARE | 51 |
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