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.
SAMUEL JOHNSONLanguage is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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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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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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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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Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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A contempt of the monuments and the wisdom of the past, may be justly reckoned one of the reigning follies of these days, to which pride and idleness have equally contributed.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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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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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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