The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
SAMUEL JOHNSONExert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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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 majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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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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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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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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No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
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