You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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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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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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Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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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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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it…. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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The really happy woman is the one who can enjoy the scenery when she has to take a detour. Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but rather a manner of traveling.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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