Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
SAMUEL JOHNSONThe superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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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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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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To preserve health is a moral and religious duty: for health is the basis of all social virtues; and we can be useful no longer than while we are well.
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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 man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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