Grief is a species of idleness.
SAMUEL JOHNSONWhoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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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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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
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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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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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The really happy woman is the one who can enjoy the scenery when she has to take a detour. Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but rather a manner of traveling.
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Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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