Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
SAMUEL JOHNSONFrom thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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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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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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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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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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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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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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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
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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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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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