None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
SAMUEL JOHNSONA 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.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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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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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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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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No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.
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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
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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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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
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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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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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