Samuel Johnson
England
18 Sep 1709 // 13 Dec 1784
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18 Sep 1709 // 13 Dec 1784
Writer
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Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue that it is always respected, even when it is associated with vice
Avarice is generally the last passion of those lives of which the first part has been squandered in pleasure, and the second devoted to ambition
Avarice is always poor
As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy
An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere
All truth is valuable, and satirical criticism may be considered as useful when it rectifies error and improves judgment; he that refines the public taste is a public benefactor
All intellectual improvement arises from leisure
Advice is offensive, it shows us that we are known to others as well as to ourselves
Actions are visible, though motives are secret
A successful author is equally in danger of the diminution of his fame, whether he continues or ceases to write
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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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