Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
SAMUEL JOHNSONBachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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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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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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When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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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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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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