What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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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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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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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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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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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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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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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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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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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
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A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.
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