You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
SAMUEL JOHNSONOur aspirations are our possibilities.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.
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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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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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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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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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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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Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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