Our aspirations are our possibilities.
SAMUEL JOHNSONKindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.
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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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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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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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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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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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