Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
SAMUEL JOHNSONNever trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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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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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.
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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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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
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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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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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