Quote by Samuel Johnson
While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You

While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it. – Samuel Johnson

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A short letter to a distant friend is, in my opinion, an insult like that of a slight bow or cursory salutation — a proof of unwillingness to do much, even where there is a necessity of doing something. – Samuel Johnson

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A cow is a very good animal in the field, but we turn her out of a garden. – Samuel Johnson

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In jealousy there is more self-love than love. – François, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims, 1665

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It is such a secret place, the land of tears. – Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince

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The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief. – William Shakespeare, Othello

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God brings men into deep waters, not to drown them, but to cleanse them. – John Aughey

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