Quote by Samuel Johnson
Life must be filled up, and the man who is not capable of intellec

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. – Samuel Johnson

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

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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He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage. – Samuel Johnson

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Courage
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The mind is seldom quickened to very vigorous operations but by pain, or the dread of pain. We do not disturb ourselves with the detection of fallacies which do us no harm. – Samuel Johnson

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Miscellaneous
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Games are a compromise between intimacy and keeping intimacy away. – Eric Berne

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If youre playing a poker game and you look around the table and and cant tell who the sucker is, its you. – Paul Newman

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We do not stop playing because we grow old.
We grow old because we stop playing. – Anon.

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One can play comedy, two are required for melodrama, but a tragedy demands three. – Elbert Hubbard

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One of my grandfathers, actually, having gone out there as a minister, decided he would better serve the people as a doctor. So at a very late age – at the age of 38 in fact – he changed course and decided to become a doctor. – Colin Firth

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