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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrate

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully. – Samuel Johnson

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

Some people have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat. For my part, I mind my belly very studiously, and very carefully; for I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else. – Samuel Johnson

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Eating
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When any calamity has been suffered, the first thing to be remembered is how much has been escaped. – Samuel Johnson

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Tragedy
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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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Libraries
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One can make a day of any size… – John Muir, August 1875 [I love how this sounds like it could so beautifully appl

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Never forget that you must die; that death will come sooner than you expect… God has written the letters of death upon your hands. In the inside of your hands you will see the letters M.M. It means “Memento Mori” — remember you must die. – J. Furniss, Tracts for Spiritual Reading

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Life is a flash of lightning in the dark of night. It is a brief time of tremendous potential. – B. Alan Wallace

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How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. – Annie Dillard, The Writing Life

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It seems like every time you come up something happens to bring you back down. – Tupac Shakur

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