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.
SAMUEL JOHNSONFraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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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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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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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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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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A contempt of the monuments and the wisdom of the past, may be justly reckoned one of the reigning follies of these days, to which pride and idleness have equally contributed.
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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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Whoever commits a fraud is guilty not only of the particular injury to him who he deceives, but of the diminution of that confidence which constitutes not only the ease but the existence of society.
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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