If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
SAMUEL JOHNSONThe wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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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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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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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.
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Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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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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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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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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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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