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Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.

Samuel Johnson

Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Language Mindset Talk Thinking Yourself
Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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Kindness Ourselves Power
The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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Associate Greatness Local Man Position
The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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Art Attention Memories True
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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Difficult Gratitude Happiness Success
Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Goodness Original Poet Writing Yourself
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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Object Possible Try
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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Equality Monument Past Pride Wisdom
Truth allows no choice.
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Choice One Liner Truth
Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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Argument Reason Remove
A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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Growth Man Mindset Place
A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.
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Enjoyment Happiness Man Money Save
None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Fools Himself Influence Power Worry
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.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Better Company Enough Food Man Prison Room
When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Break Hope Kindness Return Rule Violence
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Coward Patriot Refuge

Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.

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