It has been observed in all ages that the advantages of nature or of fortune have contributed very little to the promotion of happiness; and that those whom the splendour of their rank, or the extent of their capacity, have placed upon the summits of human life, have not often given any just occasion to envy in those who look up to them from a lower station; whether it be that apparent superiority incites great designs, and great designs are naturally liable to fatal miscarriages; or that the general lot of mankind is misery, and the misfortunes of those whose eminence drew upon them an universal attention, have been more carefully recorded, because they were more generally observed, and have in reality only been more conspicuous than others, not more frequent, or more severe. Samuel Johnson
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This quote is a very informative one about the events surrounding the death of a person. The most appropriate way to interpret this quote is that the circumstances surrounding a person’s death are often not what people believe them to be. In fact, the circumstances surrounding his death were not even the most important part of his life. In fact, they were merely a small part of his life.

But, because of the way they happened, many people made a spectacle of his death by exaggerating their feelings of sadness and loss about his death. People often make a bigger deal out of something that is not really important than something that really is important. Often, we exaggerate our feelings and overreact to situations that we do not think through or that we should have known more about.

That's why we should try to look at things from all perspectives and understand both sides of an issue before we judge or judge harshly.

Source: Life Of Richard Savage

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