Quote by Samuel Johnson
No man will be found in whose mind airy notions do not sometimes t

No man will be found in whose mind airy notions do not sometimes tyrannize, and force him to hope or fear beyond the limits of sober probability. – Samuel Johnson

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

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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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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Complaining
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified. – Samuel Johnson

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Success
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Other Quotes from
Reality
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Everything you can imagine is real. – Pablo Picasso

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Reality

Anyone who can handle a needle convincingly can make us see a thread which is not there. – E.H. Gombrich, Art and Illusion, 1960

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Reality

To accept reality is only to encourage it. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Reality

Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it. – Jane Wagner

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Never make a companion equal to a brother. – Hesiod

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There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist. – Mark Twain

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If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture. – Quincy Jones

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architecture

We associate the North Atlantic with cod. The motto of Newfoundland used to be In cod we trust. It was a joke, but it was essentially true. But there is no cod anymore. And thats extraordinary. Its all because of either greed or politics – Canadian politics. – Simon Winchester

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Trust