Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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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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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
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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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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.
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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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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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