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Quote by Samuel Johnson
The mind is seldom quickened to very vigorous operations but by pa

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

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at a capital tavern… No, Sir there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn. – Samuel Johnson

Category:
Happiness
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Samuel Johnson
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The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. – Samuel Johnson

Category:
Habits
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Samuel Johnson
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Eloquence is vehement simplicity. – Richard Cecil

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Miscellaneous

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy. – Howard W. Newton

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Miscellaneous

I would rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one. – Marcus Porcius Cato

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Miscellaneous

There are times when forgetting can be just as important as remembering — and even more difficult. – Harry and Joan Mier, Happiness Begins Before Breakfast

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Miscellaneous

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Finance is a gun. Politics is knowing when to pull the trigger. – Mario Puzo

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Well, theres nothing more touching than putting a smile on a kids face when you can. – Emma Roberts

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Too cheerful a morality is a loose morality; it is appropriate only to decadent peoples and is found only among them. – Emile Durkheim

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Optimism

I would say that the war correspondent gets more drinks, more girls, better pay, and greater freedom than the soldier, but at this stage of the game, having the freedom to choose his spot and being allowed to be a coward and not be executed for it is his torture. – Robert Capa

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