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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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The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it seems to be the general care of humanity to escape. – Samuel Johnson

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Birthday
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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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Letters (writing)
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Let no one who loves be unhappy… even love unreturned has its rainbow.& – James Matthew Barrie

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What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. – Jewish Proverb

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Count the garden by the flowers, never by the leaves that fall. Count your life with smiles and not the tears that roll. – Author Unknown

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To weep is to make less the depth of grief. – William Shakespeare, King Henry the Sixth

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