A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
SAMUEL JOHNSONWhat is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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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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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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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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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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Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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