He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
SAMUEL JOHNSONA horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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To preserve health is a moral and religious duty: for health is the basis of all social virtues; and we can be useful no longer than while we are well.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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Whoever commits a fraud is guilty not only of the particular injury to him who he deceives, but of the diminution of that confidence which constitutes not only the ease but the existence of society.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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