To preserve health is a moral and religious duty: for health is the basis of all social virtues; and we can be useful no longer than while we are well.
SAMUEL JOHNSONTruth allows no choice.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
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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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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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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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