The future is purchased by the present.
SAMUEL JOHNSONEach person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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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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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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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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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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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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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.
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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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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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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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