Samuel Johnson
England
18 Sep 1709 // 13 Dec 1784
Writer
18 Sep 1709 // 13 Dec 1784
Writer
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No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library
No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction
No man was ever great by imitation
Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance
Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed
Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise
Love is only one of many passions
Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent
Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment
Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions
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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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