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.
SAMUEL JOHNSONPride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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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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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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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 wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.
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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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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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