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Even grief, that passion to which the virtuous and tender mind is particularly subject, will be obviated or alleviated by the same thoughts.
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Evil is uncertain in the same degree as good, and for the reason that we ought not to hope too securely, we ought not to fear with too much dejection.
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Sorrow is a kind of rust of the soul, which every new idea contributes in its passage to scour away.
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Native deformity cannot be rectified, a dead friend cannot return, and the hours of youth trifled away in folly, or lost in sickness, cannot be restored.
Samuel Johnsonverified·The Rambler No. 52, in The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 2·September 15, 1750