No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it…. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.
SAMUEL JOHNSONLife affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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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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A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
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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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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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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.
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