There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
SAMUEL JOHNSONOur aspirations are our possibilities.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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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A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.
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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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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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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn’t deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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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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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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