Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
SAMUEL JOHNSONSorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity the state of his mind; but our primary consideration would be to take care of ourselves. We should knock him down first, and pity him afterwards.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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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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Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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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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