Grief is a species of idleness.
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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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.
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Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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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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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
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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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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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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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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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