All Samuel Johnson Quotes
To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.
Samuel Johnson
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Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates.
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No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library.
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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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Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and... the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.
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It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.
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Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him; for where there is nothing but pure misery there never is any recourse to the mention of it.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
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