Grief is a species of idleness.
SAMUEL JOHNSONThe true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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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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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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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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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.
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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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.
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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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When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
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