Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
SAMUEL JOHNSONWhatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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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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Grief is a species of idleness.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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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 written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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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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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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