Quote by Samuel Johnson
What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with

What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence. – Samuel Johnson

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It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we cannot, and all that we would not, see. – Samuel Johnson

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Beauty
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Wine gives a man nothing. It neither gives him knowledge nor wit; it only animates a man, and enables him to bring out what a dread of the company has repressed. It only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost. – Samuel Johnson

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Wine
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Authors and lovers always suffer some infatuation, from which only absence can set them free. – Samuel Johnson

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Writing
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In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply. – Nancy Pelosi

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Hope

As I travel across the country speaking about MS, perhaps I can offer others comfort and hope. – Annette Funicello

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Hope

All it takes is one bloom of hope to make a spiritual garden. – Terri Guillemets

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Hope

What I hope is in five years time, I can go to the British people in the election and say: Lots of you doubted that coalition politics worked, but it has worked. – Nick Clegg

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Hope

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The Google algorithm was a significant development. Ive had thank-you emails from people whose lives have been saved by information on a medical website or who have found the love of their life on a dating website. – Tim Berners-Lee

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There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon ones self. – John Gay

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New ideas should confront old ideas. We must refer to the example of Europe. People have fought to make Europe what it is today. Freedom is not something that is served up on a plate. – Tahar Ben Jelloun

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I really love Soapdish. I wish Soapdish had more of a moment because I felt that that is a really strong, funny movie. Kevin Kline is hilarious in that movie. – Elisabeth Shue

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