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 JOHNSONWhen a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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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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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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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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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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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
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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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