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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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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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
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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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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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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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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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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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How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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Truth allows no choice.
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To 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.
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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