“Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.”
— Samuel Johnson
Author: Samuel Johnson
Category: poetry
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Exercise is labor without weariness.
“Exercise is labor without weariness.”
— Samuel Johnson
Author: Samuel Johnson
Category: fitness
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Prepare for death, if here at night
“Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you sup from home.”
— Samuel Johnson
Author: Samuel Johnson
Category: death
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To keep your secret is wisdom; but
“To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.”
— Samuel Johnson
Author: Samuel Johnson
Category: wisdom
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Let me smile with the wise, and
“Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.”
— Samuel Johnson
Author: Samuel Johnson
Category: smile
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Money and time are the heaviest burdens
“Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and… the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.”
— Samuel Johnson
Author: Samuel Johnson
Category: time
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There is nothing, Sir, too little for
“There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.”
— Samuel Johnson
Author: Samuel Johnson
Category: happiness
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Were it not for imagination a man
“Were it not for imagination a man would be as happy in arms of a chambermaid as of a duchess.”
— Samuel Johnson
Author: Samuel Johnson
Category: imagination
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Surely a long life must be somewhat
“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
Author: Samuel Johnson
Category: time
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It is better that some should be
“It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality.”
— Samuel Johnson
Author: Samuel Johnson
Category: equality
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Your manuscript is both good and original;
“Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.”
— Samuel Johnson
Author: Samuel Johnson
Category: good
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