It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
SAMUEL JOHNSONIt matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.
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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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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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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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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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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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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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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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