Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
SAMUEL JOHNSONI never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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Truth allows no choice.
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it…. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.
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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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Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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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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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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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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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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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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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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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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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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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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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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