The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
SAMUEL JOHNSONHe who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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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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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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To preserve health is a moral and religious duty: for health is the basis of all social virtues; and we can be useful no longer than while we are well.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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