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Quote by Samuel Johnson
Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and bri

Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it. – Samuel Johnson

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage are empty sounds: I therefore dismiss it with frigid tranquillity, having little to fear or hope from censure or from praise. – Samuel Johnson

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Apathy
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Samuel Johnson
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They say follow your heart, but if your heart is in a million pieces which piece do you follow? – Author Unknown

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Yes, I will go. I would rather grieve over your absence than over you. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it. – J.K. Rowling

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You flew off with the wings of my heart and left me flightless. – Terri Guillemets

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He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence. – William Dean Howells

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