Samuel Johnson

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A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice.
Samuel Johnson

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

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
Samuel Johnson

A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.
Samuel Johnson

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.
Samuel Johnson

A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good.
Samuel Johnson

A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
Samuel Johnson

A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting drunk.
Samuel Johnson

A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority.
Samuel Johnson

A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
Samuel Johnson

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.
Samuel Johnson

A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
Samuel Johnson

Actions are visible, though motives are secret.
Samuel Johnson

Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.
Samuel Johnson

Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us.
Samuel Johnson

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own.
Samuel Johnson

All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil.
Samuel Johnson

All theory is against freedom of the will; all experience for it.
Samuel Johnson

All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
Samuel Johnson

Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?
Samuel Johnson

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Biography
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Nationality: English
Born: September 18, 1709
Died: December 13, 1784

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Samuel Johnson

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A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice.
Samuel Johnson

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

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
Samuel Johnson

A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.
Samuel Johnson

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.
Samuel Johnson

A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good.
Samuel Johnson

A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
Samuel Johnson

A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting drunk.
Samuel Johnson

A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority.
Samuel Johnson

A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
Samuel Johnson

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.
Samuel Johnson

A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
Samuel Johnson

Actions are visible, though motives are secret.
Samuel Johnson

Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.
Samuel Johnson

Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us.
Samuel Johnson

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own.
Samuel Johnson

All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil.
Samuel Johnson

All theory is against freedom of the will; all experience for it.
Samuel Johnson

All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
Samuel Johnson

Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?
Samuel Johnson

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Biography
Type: Author
Nationality: English
Born: September 18, 1709
Died: December 13, 1784

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Samuel Johnson

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A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice.
Samuel Johnson

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

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
Samuel Johnson

A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.
Samuel Johnson

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.
Samuel Johnson

A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good.
Samuel Johnson

A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
Samuel Johnson

A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting drunk.
Samuel Johnson

A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority.
Samuel Johnson

A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
Samuel Johnson

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.
Samuel Johnson

A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
Samuel Johnson

Actions are visible, though motives are secret.
Samuel Johnson

Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.
Samuel Johnson

Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us.
Samuel Johnson

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own.
Samuel Johnson

All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil.
Samuel Johnson

All theory is against freedom of the will; all experience for it.
Samuel Johnson

All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
Samuel Johnson

Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?
Samuel Johnson

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Biography
Type: Author
Nationality: English
Born: September 18, 1709
Died: December 13, 1784

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The Literature Page A cucumber should be well-sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out. Samuel JohnsonA man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him. Samuel JohnsonAlmost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble. Samuel JohnsonAs I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly. Samuel Johnson Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind. Samuel JohnsonDo not accustom yourself to use big words for little matters. Samuel Johnson Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drives into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark. Samuel JohnsonEvery quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language. Samuel Johnson Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance. Samuel Johnson He who makes a beast of himself, gets rid of the pain of being a man. Samuel JohnsonHope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords. Samuel JohnsonHope is necessary in every condition. Samuel Johnson If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair. Samuel Johnson If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle. Samuel JohnsonIn order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it. Samuel JohnsonIntegrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. Samuel Johnson It is better to live rich than to die rich. Samuel JohnsonIt is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust. Samuel Johnson Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise. Samuel JohnsonMen have been wise in many different modes; but they have always laughed the same way. Samuel JohnsonOf all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable. Samuel Johnson Of all the griefs that harass the distrest,
Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest. Samuel JohnsonPeople need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed. Samuel JohnsonPraise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity. Samuel JohnsonSelf-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. Samuel Johnson Silence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been suspended, the more difficult it is to find anything to say. Samuel Johnson Such seems to be the disposition of man, that whatever makes a distinction produces rivalry. Samuel JohnsonThe world is not yet exhaused; let me see something tomorrow which I never saw before. Samuel JohnsonThere are, in every age, new errors to be rectified and new prejudices to be opposed. Samuel Johnson We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us. Samuel Johnson

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The Literature Page A cucumber should be well-sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out. Samuel JohnsonA man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him. Samuel JohnsonAlmost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble. Samuel JohnsonAs I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly. Samuel Johnson Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind. Samuel JohnsonDo not accustom yourself to use big words for little matters. Samuel Johnson Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drives into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark. Samuel JohnsonEvery quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language. Samuel Johnson Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance. Samuel Johnson He who makes a beast of himself, gets rid of the pain of being a man. Samuel JohnsonHope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords. Samuel JohnsonHope is necessary in every condition. Samuel Johnson If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair. Samuel Johnson If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle. Samuel JohnsonIn order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it. Samuel JohnsonIntegrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. Samuel Johnson It is better to live rich than to die rich. Samuel JohnsonIt is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust. Samuel Johnson Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise. Samuel JohnsonMen have been wise in many different modes; but they have always laughed the same way. Samuel JohnsonOf all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable. Samuel Johnson Of all the griefs that harass the distrest,
Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest. Samuel JohnsonPeople need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed. Samuel JohnsonPraise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity. Samuel JohnsonSelf-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. Samuel Johnson Silence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been suspended, the more difficult it is to find anything to say. Samuel Johnson Such seems to be the disposition of man, that whatever makes a distinction produces rivalry. Samuel JohnsonThe world is not yet exhaused; let me see something tomorrow which I never saw before. Samuel JohnsonThere are, in every age, new errors to be rectified and new prejudices to be opposed. Samuel Johnson We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us. Samuel Johnson

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The Literature Page A cucumber should be well-sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out. Samuel JohnsonA man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him. Samuel JohnsonAlmost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble. Samuel JohnsonAs I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly. Samuel Johnson Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind. Samuel JohnsonDo not accustom yourself to use big words for little matters. Samuel Johnson Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drives into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark. Samuel JohnsonEvery quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language. Samuel Johnson Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance. Samuel Johnson He who makes a beast of himself, gets rid of the pain of being a man. Samuel JohnsonHope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords. Samuel JohnsonHope is necessary in every condition. Samuel Johnson If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair. Samuel Johnson If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle. Samuel JohnsonIn order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it. Samuel JohnsonIntegrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. Samuel Johnson It is better to live rich than to die rich. Samuel JohnsonIt is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust. Samuel Johnson Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise. Samuel JohnsonMen have been wise in many different modes; but they have always laughed the same way. Samuel JohnsonOf all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable. Samuel Johnson Of all the griefs that harass the distrest,
Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest. Samuel JohnsonPeople need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed. Samuel JohnsonPraise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity. Samuel JohnsonSelf-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. Samuel Johnson Silence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been suspended, the more difficult it is to find anything to say. Samuel Johnson Such seems to be the disposition of man, that whatever makes a distinction produces rivalry. Samuel JohnsonThe world is not yet exhaused; let me see something tomorrow which I never saw before. Samuel JohnsonThere are, in every age, new errors to be rectified and new prejudices to be opposed. Samuel Johnson We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us. Samuel Johnson

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Rebecca Johnson

Showing quotations 1 to 1 of 1 total Money is the opposite of the weather. Nobody talks about it, but everybody does something about it. Rebecca Johnson, in 'Vogue'

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Samuel Johnson

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A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice.
Samuel Johnson

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

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
Samuel Johnson

A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.
Samuel Johnson

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.
Samuel Johnson

A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good.
Samuel Johnson

A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
Samuel Johnson

A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting drunk.
Samuel Johnson

A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority.
Samuel Johnson

A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
Samuel Johnson

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.
Samuel Johnson

A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
Samuel Johnson

Actions are visible, though motives are secret.
Samuel Johnson

Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.
Samuel Johnson

Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us.
Samuel Johnson

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own.
Samuel Johnson

All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil.
Samuel Johnson

All theory is against freedom of the will; all experience for it.
Samuel Johnson

All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
Samuel Johnson

Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?
Samuel Johnson

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Darren L. Johnson

A big part of letting go is recognizing when it is time to stay in a situation and when it is time to move on.
Darren L. Johnson

Acknowledging and accepting whatever stuff you may have to let go comes easier when you love yourself.
Darren L. Johnson

Although most of us realize what we control and do not control, we live as though we do not really know, and in some cases we spend years focusing on things we cannot control.
Darren L. Johnson

Anytime there is a struggle between doing what is actually right and doing what seems right, then your ego is interfering with your decision.
Darren L. Johnson

Be who you want to be, do what it takes to be that way, and in time, you will have what you want in life.
Darren L. Johnson

Believing in who you are is a major part of a powerful combination for success.
Darren L. Johnson

Change is wonderful, and necessary.
Darren L. Johnson

Choosing to be miserable is an option, but not one I recommend.
Darren L. Johnson

Do not lose hope in what the universe has placed you here to do.
Darren L. Johnson

Don't get too caught up in making money or having a job, get excited about the fact that you can design your life.
Darren L. Johnson

Fear stimulates us to take action and can be our friend, but if you act as though fear is not there-if you deny it-it will build and create barriers.
Darren L. Johnson

Forgiveness leads to love, and love leads to forgiveness.
Darren L. Johnson

Giving up represents a choice you make when you decide not to take action on something over which you actually do have control.
Darren L. Johnson

How you manage yourself as you deal with stuff in your life largely determines the quality of your life.
Darren L. Johnson

I believe it is important for people to create a healthy mental environment in which to accomplish daily tasks.
Darren L. Johnson

I finally learned to live in the present and focus only on what I want rather than what I don't want.
Darren L. Johnson

If our core belief is based on what other people think, then we eventually will allow their opinions to become our reality.
Darren L. Johnson

If we need to be reminded to love one another, then we have already lost sight of the very essence of our existence.
Darren L. Johnson

If you want to grow, you must learn to let go.
Darren L. Johnson

In order to change unwanted habits and actions, it is important to take the time to get to know yourself.
Darren L. Johnson

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Lyndon B. Johnson

Showing quotations 1 to 6 of 6 total America is not merely a nation but a nation of nations. Lyndon B. Johnson If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read "President Can't Swim". Lyndon B. JohnsonIf two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking. Lyndon B. Johnson Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or to lose. Lyndon B. Johnson, address to the nation, November 28, 1963We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it. Lyndon B. Johnson, December 13, 1963 It is the excitement of becoming - always becoming, trying, probing, falling, resting, and trying again- but always trying and always gaining... Lyndon B. Johnson, Inaugural Adress, January 20, 1965

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The Literature Page A cucumber should be well-sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out. Samuel JohnsonA man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him. Samuel JohnsonAlmost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble. Samuel JohnsonAs I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly. Samuel Johnson Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind. Samuel JohnsonDo not accustom yourself to use big words for little matters. Samuel Johnson Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drives into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark. Samuel JohnsonEvery quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language. Samuel Johnson Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance. Samuel Johnson He who makes a beast of himself, gets rid of the pain of being a man. Samuel JohnsonHope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords. Samuel JohnsonHope is necessary in every condition. Samuel Johnson If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair. Samuel Johnson If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle. Samuel JohnsonIn order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it. Samuel JohnsonIntegrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. Samuel Johnson It is better to live rich than to die rich. Samuel JohnsonIt is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust. Samuel Johnson Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise. Samuel JohnsonMen have been wise in many different modes; but they have always laughed the same way. Samuel JohnsonOf all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable. Samuel Johnson Of all the griefs that harass the distrest,
Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest. Samuel JohnsonPeople need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed. Samuel JohnsonPraise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity. Samuel JohnsonSelf-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. Samuel Johnson Silence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been suspended, the more difficult it is to find anything to say. Samuel Johnson Such seems to be the disposition of man, that whatever makes a distinction produces rivalry. Samuel JohnsonThe world is not yet exhaused; let me see something tomorrow which I never saw before. Samuel JohnsonThere are, in every age, new errors to be rectified and new prejudices to be opposed. Samuel Johnson We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us. Samuel Johnson

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A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice.
Samuel Johnson

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

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
Samuel Johnson

A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.
Samuel Johnson

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.
Samuel Johnson

A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good.
Samuel Johnson

A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
Samuel Johnson

A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting drunk.
Samuel Johnson

A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority.
Samuel Johnson

A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
Samuel Johnson

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.
Samuel Johnson

A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
Samuel Johnson

Actions are visible, though motives are secret.
Samuel Johnson

Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.
Samuel Johnson

Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us.
Samuel Johnson

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own.
Samuel Johnson

All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil.
Samuel Johnson

All theory is against freedom of the will; all experience for it.
Samuel Johnson

All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
Samuel Johnson

Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?
Samuel Johnson

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