Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
SAMUEL JOHNSONA man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.
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