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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

Samuel Johnson

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Desire Man Myself Reading Writing
Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Courage Greatness Opportunity Virtue
Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Fools Love Wisdom
Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Exam Fake Invitation Truth
It is better to live rich than to die rich.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Better Choice Death Live Rich
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.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Determination Diligence Greatness Impossible Performance Perservance Skills Strength Work
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.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Commitment Existence Guilty Injury Mistake Society
The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Oneself People Talk Well
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 JOHNSON

Expression Greatness Himself Hope Man Meaning World
No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it…. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Abuse Government Human Nature Power Safety
There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Father Freedom Independent Power Son Struggle
Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Conscience Funny Marriage Wife
Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Attempt Himself Life Man Possession Waste
What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Diligence Hope Learning
The true art of memory is the art of attention.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Art Attention Memories True
Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Argument Reason Remove

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