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You may translate books of science exactly. ... The beauties of poetry cannot be preserved in any language except that in which it was originally written.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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It is one of the maxims of the civil law, that definitions are hazardous.
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A successful author is equally in danger of the diminution of his fame, whether he continues or ceases to write.
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So different are the colors of life, as we look forward to the future, or backward to the past and so different the opinions and sentiments which this contrariety of appearance naturally produces, that the conversation of the old and young ends generally with contempt or pity on either side.
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As pride sometimes is hid under humility, idleness if often covered by turbulence and hurry.
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The labor of rising from the ground will be great, ... but as we mount higher, the earth's attraction, and the body's gravity, will be gradually diminished till we arrive at a region where the man will float in the air without any tendency to fall.
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Every man has something to do which he neglects, every man has faults to conquer which he delays to combat.
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Quotation is a good thing, there is a community of thought in it.
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Profuseness is a cruel and crafty demon, that gradually involves her followers in dependence and debt that is, fetters them with irons that enter into their souls.
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As a madman is apt to think himself grown suddenly great, so he that grows suddenly great is apt to borrow a little from the madman.
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To have the management of the mind is a great art, and it may be attained in a considerable degree by experience and habitual exercise.
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There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow.
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Reproof should not exhaust its power upon petty failings.
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A newswriter is a man without virtue, who lies at home for his own profit.
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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
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Shakespeare never had six lines together without a fault. Perhaps you may find seven, but this does not refute my general assertion.
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The wickedness of a loose or profane author is more atrocious than that of a giddy libertine or drunken ravisher, not only because it extends its effects wider, as a pestilence that taints the air is more destructive than poison infused in a draught, but because it is committed with cool deliberation.
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Since every man is obliged to promote happiness and virtue, he should be careful not to mislead unwary minds, by appearing to set too high a value upon things by which no real excellence is conferred.
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Consider what importance to society the chastity of women is. Upon that all the property in the world depends. We hang a thief for stealing a sheep but the unchastity of a woman transfers sheep and farm and all from the right owner.
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By those who look close to the ground dirt will be seen. I hope I see things from a greater distance.
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He who endeavors to please must appear pleased.
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