Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
SAMUEL JOHNSONIt is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
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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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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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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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Grief is a species of idleness.
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Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.
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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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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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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
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