A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
SAMUEL JOHNSONWhat we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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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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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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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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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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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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The future is purchased by the present.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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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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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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