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«The realisation that one is to be hanged in the morning concentrates the mind wonderfully.»
«He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.»
«When a person finds themselves predisposed to complaining about how little they are regarded by others, let them reflect how little they have contributed to the happiness of others.»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
| Keywords:
complaining, contributed, predisposed, reflect, regarded
«Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.»
«There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of passing life with an amiable woman.»
«You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
| About:
Teachers and teaching
| Keywords:
daughters, diameter, diameters, planets, The Planets
«In the bottle discontent seeks for comfort, cowardice for courage, and bashfulness for confidence»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
| About:
Confidence
| Keywords:
bashfulness, bottle, cowardice, discontent
«The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope»
«Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.»
«That friendship may be at once fond and lasting, there must not only be equal virtue on each part, but virtue of the same kind; not only the same end must be proposed but the same means must be approved by both»
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