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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, Patience, Works

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

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

Positive, Mind, Dear 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, 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

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

Integrity, Useless, Dreadful

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, Even, Fondness

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

Remembered, Which, General

Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble. Samuel Johnson

Almost All, We Cannot

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

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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

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

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

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

Learn, Ease, Ever

There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible. Samuel Johnson

Art, Little Things, Studying

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

Flowers, Spring, His

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

Diamonds, Gold, Owes

Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise. Samuel Johnson

Will, Apply, Which

By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first, by showing that she made him so happy as a married man, that he wishes to be so a second time. Samuel Johnson

Wife, Made, Married Man

A man will turn over half a library to make one book. Samuel Johnson

Over, One Book, Half

It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality. Samuel Johnson

Equality, Some, Which

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

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel. Samuel Johnson

Patriotism, Last, Refuge

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

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

Agriculture, She, Call

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

Alone, Disappointed, Lives

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