Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
SAMUEL JOHNSONTo preserve health is a moral and religious duty: for health is the basis of all social virtues; and we can be useful no longer than while we are well.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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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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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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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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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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