He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
SAMUEL JOHNSONLanguage is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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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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Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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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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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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