Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
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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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
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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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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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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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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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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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He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
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