What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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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Men who stand in the highest ranks of society seldom hear of their faults; if by any accident an opprobrious clamour reaches their ears, flattery is always at hand to pour in her opiates, to quiet conviction and obtund remorse.
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All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it.
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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.
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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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If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity the state of his mind; but our primary consideration would be to take care of ourselves. We should knock him down first, and pity him afterwards.
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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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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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Grief is a species of idleness.
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