Quote by Samuel Johnson
There lurks, perhaps, in every human heart a desire of distinction

There lurks, perhaps, in every human heart a desire of distinction, which inclines every man first to hope, and then to believe, that Nature has given him something peculiar to himself. – Samuel Johnson

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A cow is a very good animal in the field, but we turn her out of a garden. – Samuel Johnson

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We all wear masks, and the time comes when we cannot remove them without removing some of our own skin. – André Berthiaume, Contretemps

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Like the sky opens after a rainy day we must open to ourselves…. Learn to love yourself for who you are and open so the world can see you shine. – James Poland

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Learn to… be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not. – Henri-Frédéric Amiel

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No creature is fully itself till it is, like the dandelion, opened in the bloom of pure relationship to the sun, the entire living cosmos. – D.H. Lawrence

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