Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
SAMUEL JOHNSONA horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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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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Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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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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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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