When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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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Men who stand in the highest ranks of society seldom hear of their faults; if by any accident an opprobrious clamour reaches their ears, flattery is always at hand to pour in her opiates, to quiet conviction and obtund remorse.
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Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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Truth allows no choice.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
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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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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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