Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
SAMUEL JOHNSONWhat is easy is seldom excellent.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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Men who stand in the highest ranks of society seldom hear of their faults; if by any accident an opprobrious clamour reaches their ears, flattery is always at hand to pour in her opiates, to quiet conviction and obtund remorse.
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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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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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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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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Truth allows no choice.
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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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