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Samuel Johnson Quotes
«For sorrow there is no remedy provided by nature; it is often occasioned by accidents irreparable, and dwells upon objects that have lost or changed their existence; it requires what it cannot hope, that the laws of the universe should be repealed;»
Author: Samuel Johnson
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Critic,
Poet,
Writer)
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About:
Sorrow
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Keywords:
accidents,
by nature,
changed,
dwells,
irreparable,
Laws,
objects,
occasioned,
provided,
remedy,
repeal,
repealed,
repealing
«Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.»
«We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.»
«Language is the dress of thought.»
«Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.»
«Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; when we have made it, the next wish is to change again. The world is not yet exhausted; let me see something tomorrow which I never saw be»
Author: Samuel Johnson
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Critic,
Poet,
Writer)
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About:
Change,
Happiness
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Keywords:
anticipation,
exhausted,
exhausts,
not yet,
saw,
state change,
The State,
The State of the World
«When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford»
«Where there is no difficulty there is no praise»
«No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.»
Author: Samuel Johnson
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Critic,
Poet,
Writer)
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Keywords:
abused,
abuse of power,
abusing,
bear,
form of government,
Human nature,
remedy,
safe,
tyranny
«He is no wise man that will quit a certainty for an uncertainty»