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Body Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success depends upon the aptitude of others to receive impressions; and…
- I have thought of a pulley to raise me gradually; but that would give me pain, as it would counteract my natural inclination. I would…
- Such is the constitution of man that labour may be styled its own reward; nor will any external incitements be requisite, if it be considered…
- The eye of the mind, like that of the body, can only extend its view to new objects, by losing sight of those which are…
- Exercise cannot secure us from that dissolution to which we are decreed; but while the soul and body continue united, it can make the association…
- Surely nothing is more reproachful to a being endowed with reason, than to resign its powers to the influence of the air, and live in…
- The luster of diamonds is invigorated by the interposition of darker bodies; the lights of a picture are created by the shades; the highest pleasure…
- Our minds, like our bodies, are in continual flux; something is hourly lost, and something acquired.... Do not suffer life to stagnate; it will grow…
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- When my body gets to the point where I can no longer function or feel gratitude, then I'll leave it and become… — Bernie Siegel
- Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds and business.… — Mary Astell
- A ball had passed between my body and the right arm which supported him, cutting through the sleeve and passing through his… — Clara Barton
- Exactly. She does not shine as a wife even in her own account of what occurred. I am not a whole-souled admirer… — Arthur Conan Doyle