Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
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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Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.
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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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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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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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Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
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