Samuel Johnson
England
18 Sep 1709 // 13 Dec 1784
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18 Sep 1709 // 13 Dec 1784
Writer
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Surely life, if it be not long, is tedious, since we are forced to call in the assistance of so many trifles to rid us of our time, of that time which never can return
Study requires solitude, and solitude is a state dangerous to those who are too much accustomed to sink into themselves
Some have little power to do good, and have likewise little strength to resist evil
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
Scarcely any degree of judgment is sufficient to restrain the imagination from magnifying that on which it is long detained
Scarce any man becomes eminently disagreeable but by a departure from his real character, and an attempt at something for which nature or education has left him unqualified
Reason and truth will prevail at last
Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay to an author
Prudence keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy
Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself
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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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