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Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance. - Samuel Johnson

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance. Samuel Johnson

Strength, Patience, Works

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. - Samuel Johnson

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. Samuel Johnson

Good, Measure Of A Man, Him

The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going down. - Samuel Johnson

The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going down. Samuel Johnson

World, Like, Some

Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged. Samuel Johnson

Revenge, Vengeance, Act

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. - Samuel Johnson

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. Samuel Johnson

Self-Confidence, Requisite

My dear friend, clear your mind of cant. - Samuel Johnson

My dear friend, clear your mind of cant. Samuel Johnson

Positive, Mind, Dear Friend

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own. Samuel Johnson

Agriculture, She, Call

By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show. - Samuel Johnson

By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show. Samuel Johnson

World, Seeing, London

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel. - Samuel Johnson

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel. Samuel Johnson

Patriotism, Last, Refuge

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford. Samuel Johnson

Tired, London, Afford

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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not. - Samuel Johnson

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not. Samuel Johnson

Power, Fondness, Even

What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence. Samuel Johnson

Learn, Ease, Ever

Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be expected to go quite true. Samuel Johnson

Watches, Expected, Like

No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned... a man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company. Samuel Johnson

Chance, Will, Commonly

No man was ever great by imitation. Samuel Johnson

Man, Imitation, Ever

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. Samuel Johnson

Integrity, Useless, Dreadful

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. Samuel Johnson

Strength, Counsel, Works

Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed. Samuel Johnson

Alone, Disappointed, Lives

We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to be again expecting. Samuel Johnson

Love, Expecting, Expect

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect. Samuel Johnson

Most, Characteristics

He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade. Samuel Johnson

Nature, Will, Brightness

Words are but the signs of ideas. - Samuel Johnson

Words are but the signs of ideas. Samuel Johnson

Communication, Words, Signs

Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives. Samuel Johnson

Marriage, Men, Bachelors

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. Samuel Johnson

Strong, Habit, Broken

Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely be escaped without a wound: great debts are like cannon; of loud noise, but little danger. Samuel Johnson

Small, Loud, Side

The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are. Samuel Johnson

Travel, May, Travelling

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