"Little people do not wear well under either……" — Samuel Johnson
"Little people do not wear well under either extremes of fortune"
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1,266 Quotes by Samuel Johnson
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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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Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
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Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate…
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Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.
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We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action.
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To bring anything into your life, imagine that it's already there.
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To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.
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Action is the antidote to despair.
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