You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
SAMUEL JOHNSONThe really happy woman is the one who can enjoy the scenery when she has to take a detour. Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but rather a manner of traveling.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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Men who stand in the highest ranks of society seldom hear of their faults; if by any accident an opprobrious clamour reaches their ears, flattery is always at hand to pour in her opiates, to quiet conviction and obtund remorse.
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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To preserve health is a moral and religious duty: for health is the basis of all social virtues; and we can be useful no longer than while we are well.
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When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.
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Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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