Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
SAMUEL JOHNSONNo 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.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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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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Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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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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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it…. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.
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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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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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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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