Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
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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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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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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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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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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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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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.
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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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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