“Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.”
— Samuel Johnson
Author: Samuel Johnson
Category: music
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
“Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.”
— Samuel Johnson
Author: Samuel Johnson
Category: power
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If your determination is fixed, I do
“If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.”
— Samuel Johnson
Author: Samuel Johnson
Category: great
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Such is the state of life, that
“Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; when we have made it, the next wish is to change again.”
— Samuel Johnson
Author: Samuel Johnson
Category: change
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There is no private house in which
“There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at a capital tavern… No, Sir; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.”
— Samuel Johnson
Author: Samuel Johnson
Category: happiness
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The use of travelling is to regulate
“The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.”
— Samuel Johnson
Author: Samuel Johnson
Category: imagination
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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: art
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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
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Kindness is in our power, even when
“Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.”
— Samuel Johnson
Author: Samuel Johnson
Category: power
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Between falsehood and useless truth there is
“Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.”
— Samuel Johnson
Author: Samuel Johnson
Category: knowledge
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Leisure and curiosity might soon make great
“Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted by minute emulation and laborious trifles.”
— Samuel Johnson
Author: Samuel Johnson
Category: great
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