Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.
SAMUEL JOHNSONThere are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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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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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
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A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.
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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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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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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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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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