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.
SAMUEL JOHNSONHe 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.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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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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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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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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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it…. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.
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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
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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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When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
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