"Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of…" — Samuel Johnson

"Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment."

— 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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This quote is filed under Hope Quotes, one of 13,380 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

Hope is a waking dream. — Aristotle
I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable. — J. J. Abrams
Hope is the dream of a waking man. — Aristotle
Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope. — Aristotle
The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work. — Richard Bach
Still bent to make some port he knows not where, still standing for some false impossible shore. — Matthew Arnold
I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving… — Arthur Ashe
Well, there's a question as to what sort of information is important in the world, what sort of information can… — Julian Assange
The climate, the economic situation, rising birth rates; none of these things give me a lot of hope or reason… — David Attenborough
All we can hope for is that the thing is going to slowly and imperceptibly shift. All I can say… — David Attenborough
I had a huge advantage when I started 50 years ago - my job was secure. I didn't have to… — David Attenborough
I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race' - the human race -… — Margaret Atwood

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