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Dejection Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- Every man may be observed to have a certain strain of lamentation, some peculiar theme of complaint on which he dwells in his moments of…
- Evil is uncertain in the same degree as good, and for the reason that we ought not to hope too securely, we ought not to…
- Evil is uncertain in the same degree as good, and for the reason that we ought not to hope too securely, we ought not to…
More Dejection Quotes
- Pessimism is a form of mental dipsomania; it disdains healthy nourishment, indulges in the strong drink of denunciation, and creates an artificial… — Rabindranath Tagore
- Infidelity is one of those coinages,-a mass of base money that won't pass current with any heart that loves truly, or any… — Thomas Chalmers
- PASTIME, n. A device for promoting dejection. Gentle exercise for intellectual debility. — Ambrose Bierce
- Gluttony should be destroyed by self-control; unchastity by desire for God and longing for the blessings held in store; avarice by compassion… — John of Damascus
- ELEGY, n. A composition in verse, in which, without employing any of the methods of humor, the writer aims to produce in… — Ambrose Bierce
- RECREATION, n. A particular kind of dejection to relieve a general fatigue. — Ambrose Bierce
- Pray to God for gladness. Be glad as children, as the birds of heaven. And let not the sin of men confound… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
- As high as we have mounted in delight, In our dejection do we sink as low. — William Wordsworth