Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
SAMUEL JOHNSONA decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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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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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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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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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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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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Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
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A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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