Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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 misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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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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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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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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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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Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
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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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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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Truth allows no choice.
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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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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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