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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.

Samuel Johnson

A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Civilization Poor Test True
Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Language Mindset Talk Thinking Yourself
What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Diligence Hope Learning
People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Instruction Need People
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 JOHNSON

Accident Hands Herself Man Mistake Quiet Reach Society Stand
How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Cure Endurance Heart Human King Law
If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Choice Freedom Solitude Wasted Time Yourself
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.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Goodness Original Poet Writing Yourself
Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Desire Enjoyment Himself Man Philosophy Poor Rich Wisdom
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Better Cheating Happiness Suffering Trust Wrong
Whoever commits a fraud is guilty not only of the particular injury to him who he deceives, but of the diminution of that confidence which constitutes not only the ease but the existence of society.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Commitment Existence Guilty Injury Mistake Society
Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Make Up Tears Weapon Woman
You can never be wise unless you love reading.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Love Reading Wisdom Yourself
No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it…. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Abuse Government Human Nature Power Safety
Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Fools Love Wisdom
Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Courage Greatness Himself Man Preserve Security Virtue

Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.

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