When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
SAMUEL JOHNSONIgnorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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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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The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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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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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.
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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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