The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
SAMUEL JOHNSONLife affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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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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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten 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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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn’t deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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