A Quote by Samuel Johnson
Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd, Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest; Fate never wounds more deep the generous heart, Than when a blockhead's insult points the dart.
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Of all the grief's that harass the distressed; sure the most bitter is a scornful jest.
As brother stands by brother in distress, binding up his wounds and soothing his pain, so let us show our love towards our enemy. There is no deeper distress to be found in the world, no pain more bitter than our enemy's. Nowhere is service more necessary or more blessed than when we serve our enemies.
Was there any fate more bitter than to get what you long for most, when it's too late?
The artful injury, whose venomed dart scarce wounds the hearing, while it stabs the heart.
Fate is never too generous even to its favorites. Rarely do the gods grant a mortal more than one immortal deed.
We never know we go when we are going- We jest and shut the Door- Fate-following-behind us bolts it- And we accost no more-.
There never was any party, faction, sect, or cabal whatsoever, in which the most ignorant were not the most violent; for a bee is not a busier animal than a blockhead.
There are some griefs so loud/They could bring down the sky/And there are griefs so still/None knows how deep they lie.
A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.
I believed then - in a deep, easy way that is impossible for me as an adult - that there was more to this world than meets the eye. Trees had spirits; the wind spoke. If you followed a toad or a raven deep into the heart of the forest, they were sure to lead you to something magical.
Forgiving does not usually happen at once. It is a process, sometimes a long one, especially when it comes to wounds gouged deep. And we must expect some lapses...some people seem to manage to finish off forgiving in one swoop of the heart. But when they do, you can bet they are forgiving flesh wounds. Deeper cuts take more time and can use a second coat.
Never give your heart to a blockhead.
Such wounds to the heart will probably never heal. But we cannot simply sit and stare at our wounds forever.
Fate is a shape-shifter. It is the kindest and most generous entity imaginable, laying out more goodness than a person deserves, and then it shrinks and curls and forms into something grotesque. You think something is one thing, but then it´s another.
Perhaps even more than constituted authority, it is social uniformity and sameness that harass the individual most.
There's nothing more deep than recognizing Israel's right to exist. That's the most deep thought of all. ... I can't think of anything more deep than that right.
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