"He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine,……" — Samuel Johnson

"He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade."

— Samuel Johnson

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1,266 Quotes by Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson has 1,266 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Your aspirations are your possibilities.
It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who would make a just estimate either…
The violence of war admits no distinction; the lance, that is lifted at guilt and power, will sometimes fall on…
Much may be made of a Scotchman, if he be caught young.
To a people warlike and indigent, an incursion into a rich country is never hurtful.
The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.
Health is certainly more valuable than money, because it is by health that money is procured.
The certainty that life cannot be long, and the probability that it will be much shorter than nature allows, ought…
Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people.
Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world.
The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction.
He who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment seldom cures us of expectation, or has any other effect…

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There is something so pure and frank and noble about Him that to doubt His sincerity would be like doubting… — Charles Edward Jefferson
Genius is divine perseverance. Genius I cannot claim nor even extra brightness but perseverance all can have. — Woodrow Wilson
Today I walked on the lion-coloured hills with only cypresses for company, until the sunset caught me, turned the brush… — Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth
The intrinsic brightness of theSun is fully 5,000 times as great as if the whole surface were formed of the… — Robert Stawell Ball
[Man] ... his origin, his growth, his hopes and fears, his loves and his beliefs are but the outcome of… — Bertrand Russell
Money refused loose its brightness. — George Herbert
We see the brightness of a new page where everything yet can happen. — Rainer Maria Rilke
My amateur interest in astronomy brought out the term "magnitude," which is used for the brightness of a star. — Charles Richet
Only an empowered personality can distribute the holy name of the Lord and enjoin all fallen souls to worship Krishna.… — Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
I don't know what good composition is.... Sometimes for me composition has to do with a certain brightness or a… — Diane Arbus
The studious silence of the library ... Tranquil brightness. — James Joyce
Grace comes into the soul, as the morning sun into the world; first a dawning, then a light; and at… — Thomas Adams

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