A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.
SAMUEL JOHNSONNone but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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 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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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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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.
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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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