Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
SAMUEL JOHNSONNever trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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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.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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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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No man was ever great by imitation.
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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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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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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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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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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