Grief is a species of idleness.
SAMUEL JOHNSONFrom thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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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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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.
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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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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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