Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
SAMUEL JOHNSONEach person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.
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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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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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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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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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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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The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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