Tag: Samuel Johnson
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When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land.
Samuel Johnson
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
Samuel Johnson
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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
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I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual.
Samuel Johnson
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Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.
Samuel Johnson
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The world is seldom what it seems; to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as dreams, and dreams realities.
Samuel Johnson
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I am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice.
Samuel Johnson
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It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward it, though we know it can never be reached.
Samuel Johnson
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If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
Samuel Johnson
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Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.
Samuel Johnson