Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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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A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.
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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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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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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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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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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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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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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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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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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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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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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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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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