Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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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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Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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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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Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it.
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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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No man was ever great by imitation.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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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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