A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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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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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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