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Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have no other enjoyment than mer

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"Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have no other enjoyment than mere animal pleasure"

- Samuel Johnson

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Samuel Johnson

This quote is written / told by Samuel Johnson between September 18, 1709 and December 13, 1784. He was a famous Author from England. The author also have 150 other quotes.

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