Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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To preserve health is a moral and religious duty: for health is the basis of all social virtues; and we can be useful no longer than while we are well.
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Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
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A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.
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Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.
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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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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 true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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