He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
SAMUEL JOHNSONLife affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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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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Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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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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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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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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