Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
SAMUEL JOHNSONNature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.
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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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Truth allows no choice.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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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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The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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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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