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A jest’s prosperity lies in the ear of him that hears it, Never in the tongue of him that makes it. Johnson, Samuel
A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself. Johnson, Samuel
A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him. Johnson, Samuel
Advertisements are now so numerous that they are very negligently perused, and it is therefore become necessary to gain attention by magnificence of promises and by eloquence sometimes sublime and sometimes pathetick… Johnson, Samuel
All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil. Johnson, Samuel
Avarice is generally the last passion of those lives of which the first part has been squandered in pleasure, and the second devoted to ambition. He that sinks under the fatigue of getting wealth, lulls his age with the milder business of saving it. Johnson, Samuel
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. Johnson, Samuel
Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing. Johnson, Samuel
Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments. Johnson, Samuel
Everything that enlarges the sphere of human powers, that shows man he can do what he thought he could not do, is valuable. Johnson, Samuel
Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance. Yonder palace was raised by single stones, yet you see its height and spaciousness. He that shall walk with vigor three hours a day will pass in seven years a space equal to the circumference of the globe. Johnson, Samuel
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 Johnson, Samuel
