To preserve health is a moral and religious duty: for health is the basis of all social virtues; and we can be useful no longer than while we are well.
SAMUEL JOHNSONPower is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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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How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
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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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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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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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The really happy woman is the one who can enjoy the scenery when she has to take a detour. Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but rather a manner of traveling.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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