Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn’t deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect.
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How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
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There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
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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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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it…. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.
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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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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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