Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
SAMUEL JOHNSONA man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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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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The future is purchased by the present.
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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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When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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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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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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He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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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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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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