Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
SAMUEL JOHNSONA little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.
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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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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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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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A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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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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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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The really happy woman is the one who can enjoy the scenery when she has to take a detour. Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but rather a manner of traveling.
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