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 JOHNSONWhen any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity the state of his mind; but our primary consideration would be to take care of ourselves. We should knock him down first, and pity him afterwards.
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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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Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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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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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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