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> [The cure for the greatest part of human miseries is not radical, but palliative.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-cure-for-the-greatest-part-of-human-miseries-is-not-radical-but/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [When desperate ills demand a speedy cure, Distrust is cowardice, and prudence folly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/when-desperate-ills-demand-a-speedy-cure-distrust-is-cowardice-and/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [The life of a conscientious clergyman is not easy. I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-life-of-a-conscientious-clergyman-is-not-easy-i-have-always/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [How small of all that human hearts endure/That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/how-small-of-all-that-human-hearts-endure-that-part-which-laws-or-2/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [He who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment seldom cures us of expectation, or has any other effect than that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/he-who-expects-much-will-be-often-disappointed-yet-disappointment/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure! Still to ourselves in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/how-small-of-all-that-human-hearts-endure-that-part-which-laws-or-3/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [I wish there were some cure, like the lover's leap, for all heads of which some single idea has obtained an unreasonable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/i-wish-there-were-some-cure-like-the-lover-s-leap-for-all-heads-of/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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## Other authors on Cures

## More by Samuel Johnson

> [The size of a man's understanding might always be justly measured by his mirth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-size-of-a-man-s-understanding-might-always-be-justly-measured-by/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

> [Pound St. Paul's Church into atoms, and consider any single atom; it is to be sure, good for nothing; but put all these atoms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/pound-st-paul-s-church-into-atoms-and-consider-any-single-atom-it-is/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

> [You can never be wise unless you love reading.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/you-can-never-be-wise-unless-you-love-reading/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

> [If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is to criticize, we should remember to praise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/if-our-aim-is-to-praise-we-should-forget-to-criticize-if-our-aim-is/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

> [All theory is against free will; all experience is for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/all-theory-is-against-free-will-all-experience-is-for-it/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

> [Had I learned to fiddle, I should have done nothing else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/had-i-learned-to-fiddle-i-should-have-done-nothing-else/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

> [It is as foolish to make experiments upon the constancy of a friend, as upon the chastity of a wife.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/it-is-as-foolish-to-make-experiments-upon-the-constancy-of-a-friend/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

> [Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/resolve-not-to-be-poor-whatever-you-have-spend-less-poverty-is-a/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

> [The basis of all excellence is truth: he that professes love ought to feel its power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-basis-of-all-excellence-is-truth-he-that-professes-love-ought-to/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

> [Words are daughters of earth but ideas are sons of heaven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/words-are-daughters-of-earth-but-ideas-are-sons-of-heaven/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

> [“The composition of Shakespeare is a forest, in which oaks extend in the air, interspersed sometimes with weeds and brambles, and sometimes giving shelting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-composition-of-shakespeare-is-a-forest-in-which-oaks-extend-in/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

> [“The cherubim were never intended as an object of worship, because they were only the appendices to another thing. But a thing is then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-cherubim-were-never-intended-as-an-object-of-worship-because-they/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

> [Nobody has the right to put another under such a difficulty that he must either hurt the person by telling the truth or hurt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/nobody-has-the-right-to-put-another-under-such-a-difficulty-that-he/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

> [That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our own self-esteem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/that-kind-of-life-is-most-happy-which-affords-us-most-opportunities/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

> [The time will come to every human being when it must be known how well he can bear to die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-time-will-come-to-every-human-being-when-it-must-be-known-how/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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