Quote by Samuel Johnson
What a strange narrowness of mind now is that, to think the things

What a strange narrowness of mind now is that, to think the things we have not known are better than the things we have known. – Samuel Johnson

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No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned… a man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company. – 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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To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work. – Mary Oliver

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