Samuel Johnson
England
18 Sep 1709 // 13 Dec 1784
Writer
18 Sep 1709 // 13 Dec 1784
Writer
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I wish there were some cure, like the lover's leap, for all heads of which some single idea has obtained an unreasonable and irregular possession
I never have sought the world; the world was not to seek me
Happiness consists in the multiplicity of agreeable consciousness
A man may write at any time if he set himself doggedly to it
A man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him
Words too familiar, or too remote, defeat the purpose of a poet
Words become low by the occasions to which they are applied, or the general character of them who use them; and the disgust which they produce arises from the revival of those images with which they are commonly united
Without economy none can be rich, and with it few can be poor
Why, life must be filled up, and the man who is not capable of intellectual pleasures must content himself with such as his senses can afford
Whoever envies another confesses his superiority
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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