Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
SAMUEL JOHNSONA wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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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The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.
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All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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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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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.
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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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