Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
SAMUEL JOHNSONAdvice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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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A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.
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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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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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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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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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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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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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