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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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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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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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.
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