You can never be wise unless you love reading.
SAMUEL JOHNSONFraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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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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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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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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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When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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