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The mental disease of the present generation is impatience of study, contempt of the great masters of ancient wisdom, and a disposition to rely wholly upon unassisted genius and natural sagacity.

The mental disease of the present generation is impatience of study, contempt of the great masters of ancient wisdom, and a disposition to rely wholly upon unassisted genius and natural sagacity.

Samuel Johnson
Patience, Generations, Genius
Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1837). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With an Essay on His Life and Genius /c by Arthur Murphy, Esq”, p.237

To hear complaints with patience, even when complaints are vain, is one of the duties of friendship.

Samuel Johnson
Patience, Be Patient, Vain
Samuel Johnson (1761). “The Rambler: In Four Volumes”, p.32

For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill.

Samuel Johnson
Patience, Reign, Ill
Tobias George Smollett, Samuel Johnson, Oliver Goldsmith (1810). “The Poetical Works of Doctors Smollett, Johnson, and Goldsmith”

In all evils which admit a remedy, impatience is to be avoided, because it wastes that time and attention in complaints, that, if properly applied might remove the cause.

Samuel Johnson
Patience, Evil, Might
"The Rambler".

Patience and submission are very carefully to be distinguished from cowardice and indolence. We are not to repine, but we may lawfully struggle; for the calamities of life, like the necessities of Nature, are calls to labor and diligence.

Samuel Johnson
Patience, Struggle, May
Samuel Johnson (1811). “Works”, p.184

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