Quote by Samuel Johnson
There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man.

There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible. – Samuel Johnson

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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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No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library. – Samuel Johnson

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The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe. – Gustave Flaubert

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Even a true artist does not always produce art. – Carroll OConnor

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