Sir, there is nothing too little for so little creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great knowledge of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.
Samuel JohnsonCuriosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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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.
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Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.
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The Church does not superstitiously observe days, merely as days, but as memorials of important facts. Christmas might be kept as well upon one day of the year as another; but there should be a stated day for commemorating the birth of our Saviour, because there is danger that what may be done on any day, will be neglected.
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Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent.
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The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel.
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Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.
Samuel JohnsonEvery man is, or hopes to be, an idler
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