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Quote by Samuel Johnson
When any fit of gloominess, or perversion of mind, lays hold upon

When any fit of gloominess, or perversion of mind, lays hold upon you, make it a rule not to publish it by complaints. – Samuel Johnson

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There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at a capital tavern… No, Sir there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn. – Samuel Johnson

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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. – Samuel Johnson

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Sorrow is a kind of rust of the soul, which every new idea contributes in its passage to scour away. It is the putrefaction of stagnant life, and is remedied by exercise and motion. – Samuel Johnson

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I will not be as those who spend the day in complaining of headache, and the night in drinking the wine that gives it. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Man spends his life in reasoning on the past, in complaining of the present, in fearing future. – Antoine Rivarol

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Untold suffering seldom is. – Franklin P. Jones

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Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. – Proverb

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Dancing faces you towards Heaven, whichever direction you turn. – Terri Guillemets

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Your letter of excuses has arrived. I receive the letter but do not admit the excuses except in courtesy, as when a man treads on your toes and begs your pardon — the pardon is granted, but the joint aches, especially if there is a corn upon it. – Lord Byron

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A person should design the way he makes a living around how he wishes to make a life. – Charlie Byrd

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