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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

When any fit of gloominess, or perversion of mind, lays hold upon you, make it a rule not to publish it by complaints. – Samuel Johnson

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Complaining
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Pleasure that is obtained by unreasonable and unsuitable cost, must always end in pain. – Samuel Johnson

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Pain
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Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true. – Samuel Johnson

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Language
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Other Quotes from
Play/Games
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If all the year were playing holidays, to sport would be as tedious as to work. – William Shakespeare

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Play/Games

In real life, it is the hare who wins. Every time. Look around you. And in any case it is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. Hares have no time to read. They are too busy winning the game. – Anita Brookner

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Play/Games

The New York playgoer is a child of nature, and he has an honest and wholesome regard of whatever is atrocious in art. – Frank Moore Colby

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Play/Games

Ill play with it first and tell you what it is later. – Bette Davis

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Play/Games

Random Quotes

Our most difficult task as a friend is to offer understanding when we don’t understand. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Friendship

Well, my mom is single and weve both been single at the same time over the last ten years, so I really related to the bond between my character and Dianes. – Amanda Peet

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mom

Our repugnance to death increases in proportion to our consciousness of having lived in vain. – William Hazlitt, On the Love of Life, 1815

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Carpe Diem

When you go to war, both sides lose totally. – Yoko Ono

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War