Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
SAMUEL JOHNSONWhatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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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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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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Truth allows no choice.
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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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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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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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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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