Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
SAMUEL JOHNSONThere must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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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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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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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.
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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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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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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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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
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