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Samuel Johnson Quotes

«The traveler that resolutely follows a rough and winding path will sooner reach the end of his journey than he that is always changing his direction, and wastes the hour of daylight in looking for smoother ground and shorter passages.»
«Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.»
«You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | Keywords: afford, sir, tired of
«To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition.»
«Our aspirations are our possibilities.»
«To a poet nothing can be useless»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | About: Poetry
«To fix the thoughts by writing, and subject them to frequent examinations and reviews, is the best method of enabling the mind to detect its own sophisms, and keep it on guard against the fallacies which it practices on others: in conversation we nat»
«The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | About: Justice, Wisdom | Keywords: act upon, benefit
«Wickedness is always easier than virtue, for it takes the short cut to everything»
«All intellectual improvement arises from leisure»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | About: Leisure | Keywords: arises, improvement, leisure

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