Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
SAMUEL JOHNSONBachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it.
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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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Truth allows no choice.
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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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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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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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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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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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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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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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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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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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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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