Grief is a species of idleness.
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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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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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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All 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.
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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.
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How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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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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No man was ever great by imitation.
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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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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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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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