I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
SAMUEL JOHNSONWhat 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.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
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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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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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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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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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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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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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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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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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There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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