“All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil.”
— Samuel Johnson
Author: Samuel Johnson
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Nature has given women so much power
“Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.”
— Samuel Johnson
Author: Samuel Johnson
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I would not give half a guinea
“I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual.”
— Samuel Johnson
Author: Samuel Johnson
Category: happiness
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Nothing flatters a man as much as
“Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always proud of himself as the source of it.”
— Samuel Johnson
Author: Samuel Johnson
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Few enterprises of great labor or hazard
“Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the power of magnifying the advantages we expect from them.”
— Samuel Johnson
Author: Samuel Johnson
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All theory is against freedom of the
“All theory is against freedom of the will; all experience for it.”
— Samuel Johnson
Author: Samuel Johnson
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He who has so little knowledge of
“He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.”
— Samuel Johnson
Author: Samuel Johnson
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No man was ever great by imitation.
“No man was ever great by imitation.”
— Samuel Johnson
Author: Samuel Johnson
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A am a great friend of public
“A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice.”
— Samuel Johnson
Author: Samuel Johnson
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The mind is never satisfied with the
“The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing itself in schemes of future felicity… The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.”
— Samuel Johnson
Author: Samuel Johnson
Category: future
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No money is better spent than what
“No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction.”
— Samuel Johnson
Author: Samuel Johnson
Category: money
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