Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
SAMUEL JOHNSONThe majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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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No man was ever great by imitation.
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There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.
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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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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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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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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.
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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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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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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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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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