None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
SAMUEL JOHNSONThe next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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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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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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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn’t deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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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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The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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