It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
SAMUEL JOHNSONWhat we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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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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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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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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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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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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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.
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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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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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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