When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
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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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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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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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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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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Truth allows no choice.
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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.
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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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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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