None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
SAMUEL JOHNSONA little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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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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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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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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The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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Truth allows no choice.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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To preserve health is a moral and religious duty: for health is the basis of all social virtues; and we can be useful no longer than while we are well.
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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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