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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.

Samuel Johnson

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.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Best Deserve Ignorance Insult Motivational Punishment
The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Evil Man Misery Repeat
Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Language Mindset Talk Thinking Yourself
Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Desire Enjoyment Himself Man Philosophy Poor Rich Wisdom
Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Consistence Power Steal Theft
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.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Difficult Gratitude Happiness Success
There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Education Knowledge Wisdom
It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Death Himself Live Man
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.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Expression Greatness Himself Hope Man Meaning World
From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

End God Greatness Guide Motivational Original Spring
None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Fools Himself Influence Power Worry
A contempt of the monuments and the wisdom of the past, may be justly reckoned one of the reigning follies of these days, to which pride and idleness have equally contributed.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Equality Monument Past Pride Wisdom
The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Oneself People Talk Well
Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Courage Greatness Himself Man Preserve Security Virtue
The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Knowledge Wisdom
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Object Possible Try

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