Samuel Johnson about sadness (“The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia”, 1759) - I live in the crowds of jollity, not so much to enjoy company as to shun myself, and am only loud and merry to conceal my sadness.
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“ I live in the crowds of jollity, not so much to enjoy company as to shun myself, and am only loud and merry to conceal my sadness. ”
 Samuel Johnson, The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia (1759). copy citation

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Samuel Johnson about sadness (“The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia”, 1759) - I live in the crowds of jollity, not so much to enjoy company as to shun myself, and am only loud and merry to conceal my sadness.
Samuel Johnson about sadness (“The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia”, 1759) - I live in the crowds of jollity, not so much to enjoy company as to shun myself, and am only loud and merry to conceal my sadness.