Quotes by Samuel Johnson

We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and...

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He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing...

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There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is...

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There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at...

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Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy...

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There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness...

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It is a man's own fault, it is from want of use, if his mind...

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There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as...

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If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will...

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The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put...

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Dr Blair . . . asked . . . whether he thought any man of...

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In the decline of life shame and grief are of short duration; whether it be...

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