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Your Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- My dear friend, clear your mind of can't.
- Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
- Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.
- 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…
- When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.
- To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.
- You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company.
- Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.
- Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all.
- Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you sup from home.
- Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle.
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