A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.
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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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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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn’t deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect.
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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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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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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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If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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Truth allows no choice.
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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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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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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