Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
SAMUEL JOHNSONEach person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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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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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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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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Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn’t deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect.
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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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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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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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How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
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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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