Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
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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There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.
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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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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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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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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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