You can never be wise unless you love reading.
SAMUEL JOHNSONLife affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
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The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
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Truth allows no choice.
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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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Men who stand in the highest ranks of society seldom hear of their faults; if by any accident an opprobrious clamour reaches their ears, flattery is always at hand to pour in her opiates, to quiet conviction and obtund remorse.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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