Quote by Samuel Johnson
Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience

Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience. You will find it a calamity. – Samuel Johnson

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing when we have made it, the next wish is to change again. – Samuel Johnson

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Change
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The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket; a very few names may be considered as perpetual lamps that shine unconsumed. – Samuel Johnson

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Reputation
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The luster of diamonds is invigorated by the interposition of darker bodies; the lights of a picture are created by the shades; the highest pleasure which nature has indulged to sensitive perception is that of rest after fatigue. – Samuel Johnson

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Observation
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There cant be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full. – Henry Kissinger

I have had many troubles, but the worst of them never came. – James Garfield

Worry is interest paid on trouble before it falls due. – W. R. [William Ralph] Inge

I am walking over hot coals suspended over a deep pit at the bottom of which are a large number of vipers baring their fangs. – John Major

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Individualism is rather like innocence: There must be something unconscious about it. – Louis Kronenberger, Company Manners, 1954

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I didnt make my first solo record until 1981 so I dont have any 60s or 70s recordings but I am working on a large boxed set called DUST to be released next year, the 20th anniversary of my first solo record. – Adrian Belew

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Everybodys a work in progress. Im a work in progress. I mean, Ive never arrived… Im still learning all the time. – Renee Fleming

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The real harm of term extension comes not from these famous works. The real harm is to the works that are not famous, not commercially exploited, and no longer available as a result. – Lawrence Lessig

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