Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
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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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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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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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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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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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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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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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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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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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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