The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
SAMUEL JOHNSONIf you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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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A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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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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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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A contempt of the monuments and the wisdom of the past, may be justly reckoned one of the reigning follies of these days, to which pride and idleness have equally contributed.
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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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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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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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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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