Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
SAMUEL JOHNSONAll 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.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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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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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
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No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it…. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.
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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
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The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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