Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
SAMUEL JOHNSONThe wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
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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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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.
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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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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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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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Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
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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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Grief is a species of idleness.
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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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