Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
SAMUEL JOHNSONShame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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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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Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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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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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it.
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Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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