I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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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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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
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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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A contempt of the monuments and the wisdom of the past, may be justly reckoned one of the reigning follies of these days, to which pride and idleness have equally contributed.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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