Action Quote by Samuel Johnson

“As any action or posture, long continued, will distort and disfigure the limbs, so the mind likewise is crippled and contracted by perpetual application to the same set of ideas.”

Samuel Johnson

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Action Application Crippled Ideas Limbs Long Mind Perpetual Posture Psychology

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