Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
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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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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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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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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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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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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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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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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Men who stand in the highest ranks of society seldom hear of their faults; if by any accident an opprobrious clamour reaches their ears, flattery is always at hand to pour in her opiates, to quiet conviction and obtund remorse.
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