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Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

Samuel Johnson Quotes

English - Author September 18, 1709 - December 13, 1784

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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, Perseverance

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

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

Positive, Mind, Friend

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, Man, Measure Of A Man

No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring. Samuel Johnson

Autumn, Flowers, Man

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

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

Kindness, Power, Fondness

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

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel. Samuel Johnson

Patriotism, Last, Refuge

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

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

Great, Self-Confidence

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity. - Samuel Johnson

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity. Samuel Johnson

Gold, Value, Diamonds

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

Knowledge, Integrity

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

Passion, Justice, Revenge

Words are but the signs of ideas. - Samuel Johnson

Words are but the signs of ideas. Samuel Johnson

Communication, Words, Ideas

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

Curiosity, Permanent

The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book. Samuel Johnson

Time, Man, Reading

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

Food, Man, Chance

He that overvalues himself will undervalue others, and he that undervalues others will oppress them. Samuel Johnson

Will, Himself, Others

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair. Samuel Johnson

Life, Friendship, Man

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

World, Down, Up

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, Perseverance

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

Life, Man, Tired

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little. Samuel Johnson

Nature, Women, Power

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

Hope, Learn, Diligence

A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain. Samuel Johnson

Time, Wise, Man

The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered, but a general effect of pleasing impression. Samuel Johnson

Conversation, Impression

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise. Samuel Johnson

Love, Wisdom, Wise

A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still. Samuel Johnson

Horse, Fly, Him

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts. Samuel Johnson

Life, Happiness, Nature

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