Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
SAMUEL JOHNSONKindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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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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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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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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The really happy woman is the one who can enjoy the scenery when she has to take a detour. Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but rather a manner of traveling.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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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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No man was ever great by imitation.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it.
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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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