Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
SAMUEL JOHNSONAlmost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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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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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.
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All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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The 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.
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