From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
SAMUEL JOHNSONCourage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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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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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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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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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
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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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