Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
SAMUEL JOHNSONAlmost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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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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The future is purchased by the present.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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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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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.
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