The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
SAMUEL JOHNSONNo 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.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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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.
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Truth allows no choice.
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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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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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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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