Our aspirations are our possibilities.
SAMUEL JOHNSONDeviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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Whoever commits a fraud is guilty not only of the particular injury to him who he deceives, but of the diminution of that confidence which constitutes not only the ease but the existence of society.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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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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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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Men who stand in the highest ranks of society seldom hear of their faults; if by any accident an opprobrious clamour reaches their ears, flattery is always at hand to pour in her opiates, to quiet conviction and obtund remorse.
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Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
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