Quote by Samuel Johnson
Grief is a species of idleness. - Samuel Johnson

Grief is a species of idleness. – Samuel Johnson

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little. – Samuel Johnson

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Women
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Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife he is always proud of himself as the source of it. – Samuel Johnson

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Happiness
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Grief
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If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble. – Moliere

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Grief

Grief is itself a medicine. – William Cowper, Charity

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Grief

Grieving is a necessary passage and a difficult transition to finally letting go of sorrow – it is not a permanent rest stop. – Dodinsky, www.dodinsky.com

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Grief

Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it. – Jacques Prévert

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Grief

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The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today. – Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Future

I am trying to make art that relates to the deepest and most mythic concerns of human kind and I believe that, at this moment of history, feminism is humanism. – Judy Chicago

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Art

House and Senate Republicans are now united in adopting earmark bans. We hope President Obama will follow through on his support for an earmark ban by pressing Democratic leaders to join House and Senate Republicans in taking this critical step to restore public trust. – John Boehner

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Hope

The Green-eyed Monster causes much woe, but the absence of this ugly serpent argues the presence of a corpse whose name is Eros. – Minna Antrim

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Envy / Jealousy