Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
SAMUEL JOHNSONYour manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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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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Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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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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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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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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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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