The really happy woman is the one who can enjoy the scenery when she has to take a detour. Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but rather a manner of traveling.
SAMUEL JOHNSONYou can never be wise unless you love reading.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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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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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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A contempt of the monuments and the wisdom of the past, may be justly reckoned one of the reigning follies of these days, to which pride and idleness have equally contributed.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
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When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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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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