Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
SAMUEL JOHNSONLove is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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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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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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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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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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