When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
SAMUEL JOHNSONIntegrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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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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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity the state of his mind; but our primary consideration would be to take care of ourselves. We should knock him down first, and pity him afterwards.
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Whoever commits a fraud is guilty not only of the particular injury to him who he deceives, but of the diminution of that confidence which constitutes not only the ease but the existence of society.
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A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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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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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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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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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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