Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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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The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.
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Truth allows no choice.
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Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
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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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There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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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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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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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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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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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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