Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?

Samuel Johnson


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He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.

Samuel Johnson


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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.

Samuel Johnson

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MARRY IN HASTE, REPENT AT LEISURE.

Samuel Johnson


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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.

Samuel Johnson

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Read over your compositions, and wherever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.

Samuel Johnson

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I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.

Samuel Johnson

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In all pointed sentences, some degree of accuracy must be sacrificed to conciseness."

(On the Bravery of the English Common Soldiers)

Samuel Johnson

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Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

Samuel Johnson

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Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance.

Samuel Johnson

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