What is easy is seldom excellent.
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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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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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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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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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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Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
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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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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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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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A 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.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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To preserve health is a moral and religious duty: for health is the basis of all social virtues; and we can be useful no longer than while we are well.
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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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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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