A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.
SAMUEL JOHNSONThe superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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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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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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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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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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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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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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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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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.
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