Grief is a species of idleness.
SAMUEL JOHNSONAll 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.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
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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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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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