A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
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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Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
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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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How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
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There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.
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No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.
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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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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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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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The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
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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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