Samuel Johnson
England
18 Sep 1709 // 13 Dec 1784
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18 Sep 1709 // 13 Dec 1784
Writer
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Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself
A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain
A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him
A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good
A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself
A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything
I am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice
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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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