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  • Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.

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    Samuel Johnson (1848). “The Wisdom of the Rambler, Adventurer, and Idler”, p.132

  • It is wonderful when a calculation is made, how little the mind is actually employed in the discharge of any profession.

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    In James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 2, p. 344 (6 April 1775)

  • No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.

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    Quoted in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) (entry for 5 Apr. 1776)

  • You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle.

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    Samuel Johnson, James Boswell (1825). “The Table Talk of Dr. Johnson: Comprising Opinions and Anecdotes of Life and Literature, Men, Manners, and Morals”, p.106

  • All intellectual improvement arises from leisure.

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    In James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 2, p. 219 (13 April 1773)

  • He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.

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    Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1825). “The works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: with Murphy's essay”, p.82

  • 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 by strength, but perseverance.

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    Samuel Johnson (1834). “The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia: A Tale”, p.14
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Samuel Johnson

  • Born: September 18, 1709
  • Died: December 13, 1784
  • Occupation: Writer
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