It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
SAMUEL JOHNSONThe really happy woman is the one who can enjoy the scenery when she has to take a detour. Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but rather a manner of traveling.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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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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Truth allows no choice.
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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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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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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn’t deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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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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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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