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

Quotes November 23, 2008

The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.
Hope
Quotations by Samuel Johnson

Order is a great person’s need and their true well being. Henri Frederic Amiel

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"There is no maxim, in my opinion, which is more liable to be misapplied, and which, therefore, more needs elucidation, than the current one, that the interest of the majority is the political standard of right and wrong" – James Madison

“There is no maxim, in my opinion, which is more liable to be misapplied, and which, therefore, more …

"With work and friends and church, they have a lot of support." – Kendra Cristelli

“With work and friends and church, they have a lot of support.” – Kendra Cristelli

He who is upright in his way of life and free from sin. Horace

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Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain. Marcus T. Cicero

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"You know how when you were a little kid and you believed in fairy tales, that fantasy of what your life would be, white dress, prince charming who would carry you away to a castle on a hill. You would lie in bed at night and close your eyes and you had complete and utter faith. Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, Prince Charming, they were so close you could taste them, but eventually you grow up, one day you open your eyes and the fairy tale disappears. Most people turn to the things and people they can trust. But the thing is its hard to let go of that fairy tale entirely cause almost everyone has that smallest bit of hope, of faith, that one day they will open their eyes and it will come true." – Meredith Grey

“You know how when you were a little kid and you believed in fairy tales, that fantasy of …

It matters less to a person where they are born than where they can live. Turkish Proverb

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There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist, except an old optimist. Mark Twain

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An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less. Nicholas Butler

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Sentimentality–that’s what we call the sentiment we don’t share. Graham Greene

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