All Samuel Johnson Quotes
Everything that enlarges the sphere of human powers, that shows man he can do what he thought he could not do, is valuable.
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He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
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It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.
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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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The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.
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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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Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.
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Paradise Lost is a book that, once put down, is very hard to pick up again.
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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.
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He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.
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From the middle of life onward, only he remains vitally alive who is ready to die with life.
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Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test.
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Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely be escaped without a wound: great debts are like cannon; of loud noise, but little danger.
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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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The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered, but a general effect of pleasing impression.
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