None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
SAMUEL JOHNSONOur aspirations are our possibilities.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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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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Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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A contempt of the monuments and the wisdom of the past, may be justly reckoned one of the reigning follies of these days, to which pride and idleness have equally contributed.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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Truth allows no choice.
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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity the state of his mind; but our primary consideration would be to take care of ourselves. We should knock him down first, and pity him afterwards.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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