Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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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Grief is a species of idleness.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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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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If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity the state of his mind; but our primary consideration would be to take care of ourselves. We should knock him down first, and pity him afterwards.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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Truth allows no choice.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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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.
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The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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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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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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