Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
SAMUEL JOHNSONPower is not sufficient evidence of truth.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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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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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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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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Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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Whoever commits a fraud is guilty not only of the particular injury to him who he deceives, but of the diminution of that confidence which constitutes not only the ease but the existence of society.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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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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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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