Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
SAMUEL JOHNSONCuriosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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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.
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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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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
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To preserve health is a moral and religious duty: for health is the basis of all social virtues; and we can be useful no longer than while we are well.
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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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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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