Tag: Samuel Johnson
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A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good.
Samuel Johnson
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There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at a capital tavern… No, Sir; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.
Samuel Johnson
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By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first, by showing that she made him so happy as a married man, that he wishes to be so a second time.
Samuel Johnson
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My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.
Samuel Johnson
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
Samuel Johnson
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The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking.
Samuel Johnson
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Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.
Samuel Johnson
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Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.
Samuel Johnson
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There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence, may pass between them at too great a distance to reach either.
Samuel Johnson
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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.
Samuel Johnson