If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
SAMUEL JOHNSONHe who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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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 true art of memory is the art of attention.
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Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.
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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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The future is purchased by the present.
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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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