Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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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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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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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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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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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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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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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