A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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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Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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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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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
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Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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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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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
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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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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
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How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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