What is easy is seldom excellent.
SAMUEL JOHNSONLiberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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Truth allows no choice.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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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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There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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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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Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
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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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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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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.
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