Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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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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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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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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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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