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 JOHNSONBooks like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it.
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Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
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If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity the state of his mind; but our primary consideration would be to take care of ourselves. We should knock him down first, and pity him afterwards.
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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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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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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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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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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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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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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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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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