It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
SAMUEL JOHNSONYou can never be wise unless you love reading.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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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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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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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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.
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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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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
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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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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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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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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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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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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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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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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
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