He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
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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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.
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Truth allows no choice.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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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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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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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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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
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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.
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