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.
SAMUEL JOHNSONIf 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.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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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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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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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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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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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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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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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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A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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