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.
SAMUEL JOHNSONKindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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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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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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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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A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
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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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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
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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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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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