When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
SAMUEL JOHNSONThe next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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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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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.
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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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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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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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Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
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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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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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Truth allows no choice.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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