Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
SAMUEL JOHNSONA man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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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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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.
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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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