The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
SAMUEL JOHNSONWhen there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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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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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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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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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
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All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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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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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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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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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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