Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
SAMUEL JOHNSONIf you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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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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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.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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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.
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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.
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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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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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