Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
SAMUEL JOHNSONThe Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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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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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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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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