Men who stand in the highest ranks of society seldom hear of their faults; if by any accident an opprobrious clamour reaches their ears, flattery is always at hand to pour in her opiates, to quiet conviction and obtund remorse.
SAMUEL JOHNSONIt very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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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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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
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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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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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