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 JOHNSONThe misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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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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The really happy woman is the one who can enjoy the scenery when she has to take a detour. Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but rather a manner of traveling.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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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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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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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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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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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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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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