It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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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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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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Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
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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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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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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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