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Samuel Johnson - “The natural flights of the human mind...”

“The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.”

Samuel Johnson Selected Essays

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“Imitations produce pain or pleasure, not because they are mistaken for realities, but because they bring realities to mind.”

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“The pleasures of sudden wonder are soon exhausted, and the mind can only repose on the stability of truth.”

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“Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.”

Samuel Johnson Lives of the poets: Milton

“Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.”

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“It is necessary to hope... for hope itself is happiness.”

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“What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.”

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