When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it…. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.
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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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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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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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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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