Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
SAMUEL JOHNSONA contempt of the monuments and the wisdom of the past, may be justly reckoned one of the reigning follies of these days, to which pride and idleness have equally contributed.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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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A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
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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 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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The future is purchased by the present.
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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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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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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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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 is better to live rich than to die rich.
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