No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.
SAMUEL JOHNSONSorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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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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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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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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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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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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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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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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