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Samuel Johnson Quotes:

Ocupation: Writer

Life: September 18, 1709 - December 13, 1784

Birthday: September 18

Death: December 13

While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it.

- Samuel Johnson

source: James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Edmond Malone (1824). “The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., comprehending an account of his studies, and numerous works, in chronological order: a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published; the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain, for near half a century during which he flourished”, p.24

topic: Broken Heart, Heartbreak, Heartbroken, Death And Grieving, Death Grieving, Recovering From Grief, Grief And Loss, Grief And Mourning, Grief Loss, Griefing, Grieving A Death, Help With Grief

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