Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
SAMUEL JOHNSONNo man was ever great by imitation.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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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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There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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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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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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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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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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