Tag Archives: Samuel Johnson

Don’t think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire

Posted on August 26, 2012 by theholisticdirectory

Don’t think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire.  I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drive into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit … Continue reading →

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I hate mankind…

Posted on July 19, 2012 by theholisticdirectory

I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am. Joseph Baretti, quoted by James Boswell, 1766 commonly misattributed to Samuel Johnson

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Hope is necessary in every condition

Posted on July 12, 2012 by theholisticdirectory

Hope is necessary in every condition.  The miseries of poverty, sickness, of captivity, would, without this comfort, be insupportable. Samuel Johnson

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The chief happiness

Posted on July 12, 2012 by theholisticdirectory

Hope itself is a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords; but, like all other pleasures immoderately enjoyed, the excesses of hope must be expiated by pain. Samuel Johnson

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Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought

Posted on June 22, 2012 by theholisticdirectory

Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought.  Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks. Samuel Johnson

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Acquaintances

Posted on June 2, 2012 by theholisticdirectory

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone.  A man should keep his friendships in constant repair. Samuel Johnson

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Believe you can

Posted on May 20, 2012 by theholisticdirectory

Knock the “t” off the “can’t.” Samuel Johnson

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