What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
SAMUEL JOHNSONMen more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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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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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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Men who stand in the highest ranks of society seldom hear of their faults; if by any accident an opprobrious clamour reaches their ears, flattery is always at hand to pour in her opiates, to quiet conviction and obtund remorse.
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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
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The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.
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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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