"He that never labors may know the pains……" — Samuel Johnson
"He that never labors may know the pains of idleness, but not the pleasures."
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Samuel Johnson
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1,266 Quotes by Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson has 1,266 quotes on this site.
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Your aspirations are your possibilities.
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It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who would make a just estimate either…
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The violence of war admits no distinction; the lance, that is lifted at guilt and power, will sometimes fall on…
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Much may be made of a Scotchman, if he be caught young.
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To a people warlike and indigent, an incursion into a rich country is never hurtful.
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The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.
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Health is certainly more valuable than money, because it is by health that money is procured.
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The certainty that life cannot be long, and the probability that it will be much shorter than nature allows, ought…
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Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people.
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Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world.
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The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction.
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He who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment seldom cures us of expectation, or has any other effect…
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More Idleness Quotes
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Convent - a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Never get out of bed before noon.
— Charles Bukowski
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Gluttony and idleness are two of life's great joys, but they are not honourable.
— Julie Burchill
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Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.
— Samuel Butler
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Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.
— Thomas Carlyle
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any…
— Miguel de Cervantes
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Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is…
— Anton Chekhov
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Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination:…
— Lord Chesterfield
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I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from…
— Agatha Christie
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It's heartbreaking to see so many people trapped in a web of enforced idleness, deep debt, and gnawing self-doubt.
— William J. Clinton
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Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments.
— Benjamin Franklin
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One of the amusements of idleness is reading without fatigue of close attention; and the world, therefore, swarms with writers…
— Samuel Johnson
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