My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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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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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.
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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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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’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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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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