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.
SAMUEL JOHNSON
Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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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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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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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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Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
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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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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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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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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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