Dr. Samuel Johnson

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"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance."	Ambition, Excellence, Strength
"To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity."	Adversity, Difficulty, Men
"When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it in the power of the weakest and most timourous malignity, if not to take away his satisfaction, at least to withhold it. His enemies may indulge their pride by airy negligence a"	Age, Happiness, Intelligence
"Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect."	Character, Curiosity, Intelligence
"Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always cunning."	Hope, Knowledge, Men
"Learn that the present hour alone is man's."	Learning, Men
"If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone; one should keep his friendships in constant repair."	Friends, Life, Men
"There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity."	Confidence, Friends
"To hear complaints with patience, even when complaints are vain, is one of the duties of friendship."	Duty, Friends, Patience
"We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindness there is at last one which makes the heart run over."	Art, Friends, Men
"Our brightes blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks."	Miscellaneous
"He who praises everybody, praises nobody."	Criticism
"That fellow seems to posses but one idea; and that is the wrong one."	Miscellaneous
"As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which he cannot apply will make no man wise."	Age, Knowledge, Men
"An intellectual improvement arises from leisure."	Intelligence, Men
"A cucumber whould be well sliced, and dressed with pepper and viniger, and then thrown out, as good for nothing."	Evil
"When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live."	Choice, Life, Monarchy
"Language is the dress of thought."	Age
"I live in the crowds of jollity, not so much to enjoy company as to shun myself."	Happiness, Joy, Life
"Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome."	Miscellaneous
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