The true art of memory is the art of attention.
SAMUEL JOHNSONNone but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
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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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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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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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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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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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How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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