Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
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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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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There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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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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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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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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Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
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Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
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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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The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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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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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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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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