Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.
SAMUEL JOHNSONSir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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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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Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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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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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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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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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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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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