Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
SAMUEL JOHNSONWhen any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
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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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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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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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The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.
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Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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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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