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His Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always proud of himself as the source of it.
- A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
- No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring.
- 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…
- A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.
- Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
- Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
- If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep…
- A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
- He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.
- He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
- When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
- All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse,…
- Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him; for where there…
- To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavors with his utmost care to hide his poverty from…
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- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
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- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale
- Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery. — Matthew Arnold