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What does it mean?
A man who remarried quickly after his wife's death was seen as hopeful rather than experienced.
In plain terms
He married fast, showing hope over past pain.
What can you take from it?
Hope can drive actions despite past hardships.

Where it applies

  • recovering from grief
  • making life decisions
  • starting over

Putting it to work

  • embrace optimism
  • balance hope with wisdom

Questions to consider

  • When does hope become reckless?
  • How can experience temper hope?

Another view

Quick decisions may ignore valuable lessons from experience.

More from Samuel Johnson

  1. Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney.'

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  2. A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.

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  3. That fellow seems to me to possess but one idea, and that is a wrong one.

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