Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
SAMUEL JOHNSONIf 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.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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To preserve health is a moral and religious duty: for health is the basis of all social virtues; and we can be useful no longer than while we are well.
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.
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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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Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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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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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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