Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
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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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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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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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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Men who stand in the highest ranks of society seldom hear of their faults; if by any accident an opprobrious clamour reaches their ears, flattery is always at hand to pour in her opiates, to quiet conviction and obtund remorse.
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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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The really happy woman is the one who can enjoy the scenery when she has to take a detour. Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but rather a manner of traveling.
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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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Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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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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When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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