Samuel Johnson
"The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing itself in schemes of future felicity... The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope."
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"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance."
"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good."
"When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford."
"Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged."
"We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to be again expecting."