He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
SAMUEL JOHNSONThere are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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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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What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn’t deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect.
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He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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