“ Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other. ” ~   Samuel Johnson
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“ Hope itself is a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords; but, like all other pleasures immoderately enjoyed, the excesses of hope must be expiated by pain. ” ~   Samuel Johnson
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“ Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in so many trifling things to help rid us of our time, which will never return. ” ~   Samuel Johnson
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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. ” ~   Samuel Johnson
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“ That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our own selfesteem. ” ~   Samuel Johnson
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“ Suspicion is most often useless pain. ” ~   Samuel Johnson
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“ That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our own esteem. ” ~   Samuel Johnson
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Inspiring Quotes : |
“ The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted, evidently an effrontery. ” ~   Samuel Johnson
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“ That observation which is called knowledge of the world will be found much more frequently to make men cunning than good. ” ~   Samuel Johnson
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“ That we must all die, we always knew; I wish I had remembered it sooner. ” ~   Samuel Johnson
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“ The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket; a very few names may be considered as perpetual lamps that shine unconsumed. ” ~   Samuel Johnson
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“ The best of conversations occur when there is no competition, no vanity, but a calm quiet interchange of sentiments. ” ~   Samuel Johnson
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“ The best part of every author is in general to be found in his book, I assure you. ” ~   Samuel Johnson
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“ The applause of a single human being is of great consequence. ” ~   Samuel Johnson
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Inspirational Quotes : |
“ The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broke. ” ~   Samuel Johnson
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“ The chains of habit are generally too week to be felt, until they are too strong to be broken. ” ~   Samuel Johnson
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“ The chains of habbit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. ” ~   Samuel Johnson
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“ The chief advantage which these fictions have over real life is, that their authors are at liberty, though not to invent, yet to select objects, and to cull from the mass of mankind, those individuals upon which the attention ought most to be employed; as a diamond, though it cannot be made, may be polished by art, and placed in such a situation, as to display that luster which before was buried among common stones. ” ~   Samuel Johnson
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“ The chief glory of every people arises from its authors. ” ~   Samuel Johnson
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“ The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. ” ~   Samuel Johnson
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