The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
SAMUEL JOHNSONWhen once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
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 a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
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To preserve health is a moral and religious duty: for health is the basis of all social virtues; and we can be useful no longer than while we are well.
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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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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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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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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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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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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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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