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Samuel Johnson on Ability:


When people find a man of the most disti...

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Samuel Johnson on Advertise:


Advertisements are now so numerous that ...

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Samuel Johnson on Ambition:


A wise man is cured of ambition by ambit...

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Samuel Johnson on Avarice:


Avarice is generally the last passion of...

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Samuel Johnson on Books:


The chief glory of every people arises f...

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Samuel Johnson on Courage:


Bravery has no place where it can avail ...

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Samuel Johnson on Dreams:


In solitude we have our dreams to oursel...

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Samuel Johnson on Epithets:


In lapidary inscriptions a man is not up...

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Samuel Johnson on Giving:


Secure, whate'er he gives, he gives the ...

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Samuel Johnson on Happiness:


We are long before we are convinced that...

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Samuel Johnson on Honesty:


I deny the lawfulness of telling a lie t...

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Samuel Johnson on Hope:


Hope is itself a species of happiness, a...

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Samuel Johnson on Human:


Everything that enlarges the sphere of h...

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Samuel Johnson on Humor:


A jest's prosperity lies in the ear of h...

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Samuel Johnson on Idleness:


Life is not long, and too much of it mus...

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Samuel Johnson on Individuality:


He who has so little knowledge of human ...

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Samuel Johnson on Intelligence:


A man of genius has been seldom ruined b...

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Samuel Johnson on London:


When a man is tired of London, he is tir...

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Samuel Johnson on Marriage:


It is so far from being natural for a ma...

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Samuel Johnson on Memory:


The two offices of memory are collection...

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Samuel Johnson on Misfortune:


When any calamity has been suffered the ...

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Samuel Johnson on Order:


Order is a lovely nymph, the child of Be...

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Samuel Johnson on Pain:


The mind is seldom quickened to very vig...

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Samuel Johnson on Patriotism:


Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoun...

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Samuel Johnson on Perseverance:


Great works are performed, not by streng...

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Samuel Johnson on Pleasure:


Men seldom give pleasure where they are ...

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Samuel Johnson on Prudence:


The first years of man make provision fo...

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Samuel Johnson on Revenge:


Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance...

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Samuel Johnson on Success:


Life affords no higher pleasure than tha...

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Samuel Johnson on Trial:


Many things difficult to design prove ea...

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Samuel Johnson on Truth:


Between falsehood and useless truth ther...

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Samuel Johnson on Wealth:


Every man is rich or poor according to t...

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Samuel Johnson on Wealth:


What makes all doctrines plain and clear...

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Samuel Johnson on Wealth:


All the arguments which are brought to r...

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Samuel Johnson on Words:


Words are but the signs of ideas....

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