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“To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy. Reverie is the child of extremes.”

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Antoine Rivarol was a French writer and political philosopher, a prominent figure in the intellectual circles of the late 18th century. His career was marked by his fervent support for the French Revolution and its ideals, which often put him at odds with the revolutionary government. Born on June 26, 1753, Rivarol's writings reflected the radical and revolutionary sentiments of the time. more

“How many may a man of diffusive conversation count among his acquaintances, whose lives have been signalized by numberless escapes; who never cross the river but in a storm, or take a journey into the country without more adventures than befel the knights-errant of ancient times in pathless forests or enchanted castles! How many must he know, to whom portents and prodigies are of daily occurrence; and for whom nature is hourly working wonders invisible to every other eye, only to supply them with subjects of conversation?”

Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

“[W]ith an unquiet mind, neither exercise, nor diet, nor physick can be of much use.”

Mind Use Exercise Diets

Author:Samuel Johnson

“The mind is seldom quickened to very vigorous operations but by pain, or the dread of pain. We do not disturb ourselves with the detection of fallacies which do us no harm.”

Mind Pain Harm Operations Dread Miscellaneous Vigorous Fallacy Detection

Book:The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With an Essay on His Life and Genius /c by Arthur Murphy, Esq

Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With an Essay on His Life and Genius /c by Arthur Murphy, Esq

“Many useful and valuable books lie buried in shops and libraries, unknown and unexamined, unless some lucky compiler opens them by chance, and finds an easy spoil of wit and learning.”

Book Lying Easy Chance Lucky Library Valuable Wit Shops Buried Quotations Spoil

Book:A Dictionary Of The English Language; In Which The Words Are Deduced From Their Originals; And Illustrated In Their Different Significations, By Examples From The Best Writers: Together With A History of the Language, and an English Grammar

Source: A Dictionary Of The English Language; In Which The Words Are Deduced From Their Originals; And Illustrated In Their Different Significations, By Examples From The Best Writers: Together With A History of the Language, and an English Grammar

“I fancy mankind may come, in time, to write all aphoristically, except in narrative; grow weary of preparation, and connection, and illustration, and all those arts by which a big book is made.”