The 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.
SAMUEL JOHNSONSlander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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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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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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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 man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.
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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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The future is purchased by the present.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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Truth allows no choice.
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If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
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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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