The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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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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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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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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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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How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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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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