Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
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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No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it…. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.
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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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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
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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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