Samuel Johnson
England
18 Sep 1709 // 13 Dec 1784
Writer
18 Sep 1709 // 13 Dec 1784
Writer
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Human happiness has always its abatements; the brightest sunshine of success is not without a cloud
Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords
He who writes much will not easily escape a manner, such a recurrence of particular modes as may be easily noted
He who waits to do a great deal of good at once, will never do anything
He that voluntarily continues in ignorance, is guilty of all the crimes which ignorance produces
He that shall peruse the political pamphlets of any past reign will wonder why they were so eagerly read, or so loudly praised
He that reads and grows no wiser seldom suspects his own deficiency, but complains of hard words and obscure sentences, and asks why books are written which cannot be understood
He that has once concluded it lawful to resist power, when he wants merit, will soon find a want of merit, to justify his resistance to power
Guilt once harbored in the conscious breast, intimidates the brave, degrades the great
Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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