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.
SAMUEL JOHNSONWhat ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn’t deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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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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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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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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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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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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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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