Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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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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Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it.
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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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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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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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How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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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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