Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
SAMUEL JOHNSONIt very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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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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The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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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.
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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
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A contempt of the monuments and the wisdom of the past, may be justly reckoned one of the reigning follies of these days, to which pride and idleness have equally contributed.
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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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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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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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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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