Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
SAMUEL JOHNSONIt is better to live rich than to die rich.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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Truth allows no choice.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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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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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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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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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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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.
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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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