Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
SAMUEL JOHNSONThe misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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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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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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To 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.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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