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To me - the choice of life is...

To me - the choice of life is become less important; I hope hereafter to think only on the choice of eternity.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Everybody knows worse of hims...

Everybody knows worse of himself than he knows of other men.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Study requires solitude, and ...

Study requires solitude, and solitude is a state dangerous to those who are too much accustomed to sink into themselves

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

When people find a man of the...

When people find a man of the most distinguished abilities as a writer their inferior while he is with them, it must be highly gratifying to them.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Accustom your children consta...

Accustom your children constantly to this; if a thing happened at one window and they, when relating it, say that it happened at another, do not let it pass, but instantly check them; you do not know where deviation from truth will end

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Persius has justly observed, ...

Persius has justly observed, that knowledge is nothing to him who is not known by others to possess it: to the scholar himself it is nothing with respect either to honour or advantage, for the world cannot reward those qualities which are concealed from it; with respect to others it is nothing, because it affords no help to ignorance or errour.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Like an image in a dream the ...

Like an image in a dream the world is troubled by love, hatred, and other poisons. So long as the dream lasts, the image appears to be real; but on awaking it vanishes.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Credulity is the common faili...

Credulity is the common failing of inexperienced virtue; and he who is spontaneously suspicious may justly be charged with radical corruption.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

It is thus that mutual coward...

It is thus that mutual cowardice keeps us in peace. Were one half of mankind brave and one cowards, the brave would be always beating the cowards. Were all brave, they would lead a very uneasy life; all would be continually fighting; but being all cowards, we go on very well.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

To tell your own secrets is g...

To tell your own secrets is generally folly, but that folly is without guilt; to communicate those with which we are intrusted is always treachery, and treachery for the most part combined with folly.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

The imitator treads a beaten ...

The imitator treads a beaten walk, and with all his diligence can only find a few flowers or branches untouched by his predecessor, the refuse of contempt, or the omissions of negligence.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

A good wife is like the ivy w...

A good wife is like the ivy which beautifies the building to which it clings, twining its tendrils more lovingly as time converts the ancient edifice into a ruin.

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A tavern chair is the throne ...

A tavern chair is the throne of human felicity.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

When desperate ills demand a ...

When desperate ills demand a speedy cure, Distrust is cowardice, and prudence folly.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

A man should be careful never...

A man should be careful never to tell tales of himself to his own disadvantage. People may be amused at the time, but they will be remembered, and brought out against him upon some subsequent occasion.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Jesting, often, only proves a...

Jesting, often, only proves a want of intellect.

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Present opportunities are neg...

Present opportunities are neglected, and attainable good is slighted, by minds busied in extensive ranges and intent upon future advantages.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Of all the griefs that harass...

Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd, Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest; Fate never wounds more deep the generous heart, Than when a blockhead's insult points the dart.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

To paint things as they are r...

To paint things as they are requires a minute attention, and employs the memory rather than the fancy.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

The rules that I shall propos...

The rules that I shall propose concerning secrecy, and from which I think it not safe to deviate without long and exact deliberation, are, never to solicit the knowledge of a secret,--not willingly, nor without many limitations, to accept such confidence when it is offered; when a secret is once admitted, to consider the trust as of a very high nature, important as society and sacred as truth, and therefore not to be violated for any incidental convenience, or slight appearance of contrary fitness.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

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