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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

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Labor, if it were not necessary for existence, would be indispensable for the happiness of man. – Samuel Johnson

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Labor
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Samuel Johnson
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Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have no other enjoyment than mere animal pleasure. – Samuel Johnson

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Equality
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I identify more with people who ask each day for divine guidance than people equipped with a divine guidance system. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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There is only one thing about which I am certain, and that is that there is very little about which one can be certain. – W. Somerset Maugham

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It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it. – Upton Sinclair

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There are three modes of bearing the ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion. – Charles Caleb Colton

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It is not possible to live in this age if you dont have a sense of many contradictory forces. – Rem Koolhaas

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My heart that was rapt away by the wild cherry blossoms — will it return to my body when they scatter? – Kotomichi

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