Quote by Samuel Johnson
Surely life, if it be not long, is tedious, since we are forced to

Surely life, if it be not long, is tedious, since we are forced to call in the assistance of so many trifles to rid us of our time, of that time which never can return. – Samuel Johnson

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I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world. – Samuel Johnson

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If some people didnt tell you, youd never know theyd been away on a vacation. – Kin Hubbard

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A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in. – Robert Orben

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By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class. – Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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There is probably no more obnoxious class of citizen, taken end for end, than the returning vacationist. – Robert Benchley

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The patriot blood of my father was warm in my veins. – Clara Barton

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There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened. – Douglas Adams

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