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Samuel Johnson
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" Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; when we have made it, the next wish is to change again. "
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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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" A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek. "
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" Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. "
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" There are charms made only for distant admiration. "
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Made
" There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible. "
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" We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself. "
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" I am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice. "
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" He that overvalues himself will undervalue others, and he that undervalues others will oppress them. "
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" Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking. "
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" Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed. "
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Crying
Born
" The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity. "
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Contempt
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" Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues impracticable, and others extremely difficult. "
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Great
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" Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect. "
Samuel Johnson
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Intellect
Most
" The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope. "
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Human
Hope
" I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means of deceiving him. "
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Always
Nature
" Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy. "
Samuel Johnson
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Admit
Desire
" Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be expected to go quite true. "
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Go
Best
Better
" I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just. "
Samuel Johnson
Kind
Men
Just
" No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned... a man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company. "
Samuel Johnson
Ship
Better
Chance
" A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still. "
Samuel Johnson
May
Fly
Still
" Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise. "
Samuel Johnson
Truth
Gold
Knowledge
" The true art of memory is the art of attention. "
Samuel Johnson
True
Art
Attention
" From the middle of life onward, only he remains vitally alive who is ready to die with life. "
Samuel Johnson
Die
Only
Life
" Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you sup from home. "
Samuel Johnson
Will
Prepare
Home
" Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in so many trifling things to help rid us of our time, which will never return. "
Samuel Johnson
Help
Time
Never
" The chief glory of every people arises from its authors. "
Samuel Johnson
Every
People
Chief
" Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise. "
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Fool
Love
Love Is
" There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as the supposition that we still have the power of ingratiating ourselves with the fair sex. "
Samuel Johnson
Sex
Things
Age
" What makes all doctrines plain and clear? About two hundred pounds a year. And that which was proved true before, prove false again? Two hundred more. "
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