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.
SAMUEL JOHNSONSorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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The really happy woman is the one who can enjoy the scenery when she has to take a detour. Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but rather a manner of traveling.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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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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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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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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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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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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