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Quote by Samuel Johnson
Sorrow is a kind of rust of the soul, which every new idea contrib

Sorrow is a kind of rust of the soul, which every new idea contributes in its passage to scour away. It is the putrefaction of stagnant life, and is remedied by exercise and motion. – 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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Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and… the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use. – Samuel Johnson

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Small debts are like small shot they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely be escaped without a wound: great debts are like cannon of loud noise, but little danger. – Samuel Johnson

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Whenever I feel like exercise I lie down until the feeling passes. – Robert Maynard Hutchins

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I am pushing sixty. That is enough exercise for me. – Mark Twain

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