Our aspirations are our possibilities.
SAMUEL JOHNSONMen more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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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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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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A contempt of the monuments and the wisdom of the past, may be justly reckoned one of the reigning follies of these days, to which pride and idleness have equally contributed.
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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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