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Quote by Samuel Johnson
He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a ma

He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man. – Samuel Johnson

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The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing itself in schemes of future felicity… The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope. – Samuel Johnson

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The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope. – Samuel Johnson

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Pain dies quickly, and lets her weary prisoners go; the fiercest agonies have shortest reign. – William Cullen Bryant

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There are no gains without pains. – Benjamin Franklin

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To banish cares, scare away sorrow and soothe pain is the business of the poet and singer. – Bodenstedt

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