A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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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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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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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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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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The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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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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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.
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