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.
SAMUEL JOHNSONYou hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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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The future is purchased by the present.
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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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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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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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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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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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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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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
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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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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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