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.
SAMUEL JOHNSONSorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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.
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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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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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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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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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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Whoever commits a fraud is guilty not only of the particular injury to him who he deceives, but of the diminution of that confidence which constitutes not only the ease but the existence of society.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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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.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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