Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
SAMUEL JOHNSONHow small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
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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The future is purchased by the present.
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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
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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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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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