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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:4011
AUTHOR:Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
QUOTATION:“I fly from pleasure,” said the prince, “because pleasure has ceased to please; I am lonely because I am miserable, and am unwilling to cloud with my presence the happiness of others.”
ATTRIBUTION:Rasselas. Chap. iii.
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
 

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