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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He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts. – Samuel Johnson

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Attitude
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There is scarcely any writer who has not celebrated the happiness of rural privacy, and delighted himself and his reader with the melody of birds, the whisper of groves, and the murmur of rivulets. – Samuel Johnson

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The greatest part of a writers time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book. – Samuel Johnson

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But words are things, and a small drop of ink, falling like dew, upon a thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps, millions, think. – Lord Byron, Don Juan, 1819

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Please be patient. God has not finished with me yet. – Author Unknown

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The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts. – Marcus Aurelius Antonius

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The sunrise never failed us yet. – Celia Thaxter

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