If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity the state of his mind; but our primary consideration would be to take care of ourselves. We should knock him down first, and pity him afterwards.
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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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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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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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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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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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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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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