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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.
By Samuel Johnson
Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.
By Samuel Johnson
Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.
By Samuel Johnson
Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
By Samuel Johnson
Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense. He whom nature has made weak, and idleness keeps ignorant, may yet support his vanity by the name of a critic.
By Samuel Johnson
Cruel with guilt, and daring with despair, the midnight murderer bursts the faithless bar; invades the sacred hour of silent rest and leaves, unseen, a dagger in your breast.
By Samuel Johnson
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.
By Samuel Johnson
Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all.
By Samuel Johnson
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.
By Samuel Johnson
Be not too hasty to trust or admire the teachers of morality they discourse like angels, but they live like men.
By Samuel Johnson
As 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.
By Samuel Johnson
As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which he cannot apply will make no man wise.
By Samuel Johnson
Americans are a race of convicts and ought to be thankful for anything we allow them short of hanging.
By Samuel Johnson
Always set high value on spontaneous kindness. He whose inclination prompts him to cultivate your friendship of his own accord will love you more than one whom you have been at pains to attach to you.
By 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.
By Samuel Johnson
Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble.
By Samuel Johnson
Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble.
By Samuel Johnson
Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
By Samuel Johnson