Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
SAMUEL JOHNSONGrief is a species of idleness.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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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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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.
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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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