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Letter "S" » Samuel Johnson Quotes
«The true art of memory is the art of attention.»
«To cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.»
«Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.»
«The mind is seldom quickened to very vigorous operations but by pain, or the dread of pain. We do not disturb ourselves with the detection of fallacies which do us no harm.»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
| Keywords:
detection, disturb, dread, fallacies, operations, quickened, quickening, quickens, The Quickening, vigorous
«That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our own self-esteem»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
| About:
Self-esteem
| Keywords:
affords, esteem, gaining, self esteem
«An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere.»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
| About:
Injustice
| Keywords:
anywhere, everywhere, injustice, injustices
«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 by perseverance.»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
| Keywords:
counsel, diligence, fixed, performed, perseverance, skill
«He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.»
«Let him who desires to see others happy, make haste to give while his gift can be enjoyed, and remember that every moment of delay takes away something from the value of his benefaction»
«Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
| About:
Courage
| Keywords:
may not, The Others, virtues
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