Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
SAMUEL JOHNSONIt is better to live rich than to die rich.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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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.
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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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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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.
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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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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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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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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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