How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
SAMUEL JOHNSONOur aspirations are our possibilities.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
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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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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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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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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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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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Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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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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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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