He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
SAMUEL JOHNSONEach person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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The really happy woman is the one who can enjoy the scenery when she has to take a detour. Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but rather a manner of traveling.
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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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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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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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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