Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
SAMUEL JOHNSONThe future is purchased by the present.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.
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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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Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
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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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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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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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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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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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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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Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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