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An habitual sadness seizes upon the soul, and the faculties are chained to a single object, which can never be contemplated but with hopeless uneasiness.
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The time of such a man is always spent in forming schemes, which a change of wind hinders him from executing, his powers fume away in projects and in hope, and the day of action never arrives.
Samuel Johnsonverified·The Rambler No. 48, in The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 2·September 1, 1750
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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