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.
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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Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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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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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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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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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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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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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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