Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
SAMUEL JOHNSONLife affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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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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Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
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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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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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