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A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.

Samuel Johnson

Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
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Courage Greatness Himself Man Preserve Security Virtue
What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn’t deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Best Deserve Ignorance Insult Motivational Punishment
Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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Argument Reason Remove
How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
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Cure Endurance Heart Human King Law
Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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Aspiration Inspirational One Liner Ourselves Possible
Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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Law Nature Power Wisdom Woman
The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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Knowledge Wisdom
Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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Afford Difficult Life Pleasure
Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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Advice Need Welcome
Men who stand in the highest ranks of society seldom hear of their faults; if by any accident an opprobrious clamour reaches their ears, flattery is always at hand to pour in her opiates, to quiet conviction and obtund remorse.
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Accident Hands Herself Man Mistake Quiet Reach Society Stand
The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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Associate Greatness Local Man Position
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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Expression Greatness Himself Hope Man Meaning World
Grief is a species of idleness.
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Born Children Grief One Liner Wasted Time
Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.
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Difficult Gratitude Happiness Success
If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity the state of his mind; but our primary consideration would be to take care of ourselves. We should knock him down first, and pity him afterwards.
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Care Hands Mad Man Ourselves Pity Room
All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Advantage Better Country Enjoyment Himself Improvement Learning Travel Visit Worst

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