What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
SAMUEL JOHNSONA decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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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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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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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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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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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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What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn’t deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect.
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Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.
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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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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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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity the state of his mind; but our primary consideration would be to take care of ourselves. We should knock him down first, and pity him afterwards.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
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