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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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[W]ith an unquiet mind, neither exercise, nor diet, nor physick can be of much use. – Samuel Johnson

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Mind
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If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance. – Samuel Johnson

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In a mans letters you know, Madam, his soul lies naked, his letters are only the mirror of his breast, whatever passes within him is shown undisguised in its natural process. Nothing is inverted, nothing distorted, you see systems in their elements, you discover actions in their motives. – Samuel Johnson

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Letters (writing)
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The smallest pain in our little finger gives us more concern than the destruction of millions of our fellow beings. – William Hazlitt

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The moment an ill can be patiently handled, it is disarmed of its poison, though not of its pain. – Henry Ward Beecher

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Pain is less subject than pleasure to careless expression. – Samuel Johnson

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