Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.
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A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.
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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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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.
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