No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.
SAMUEL JOHNSONTo 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.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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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 man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.
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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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If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity the state of his mind; but our primary consideration would be to take care of ourselves. We should knock him down first, and pity him afterwards.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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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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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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