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Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about affair, money, man, life

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about perseverance

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about honesty, wealth, courage, power

He that undervalues himself will undervalue others, and he that undervalues others will oppress them.

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He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.

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He was dull in a new way, and that made many people think him great.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about nation, people

He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about mind

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.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about waste, knowledge, happiness, nature, human imperfections, life

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about good, good luck

Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about state, human imperfections, life

I am aware that by many persons, it is considered in the nature of a joke to to become a candidate and to be elected as a member of the Legislature.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about joke, people, nature

I had done all that I could; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about man

I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about world

I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means of deceiving him.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about treason, nature, human imperfections, man

I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about man

I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a new acquaintance.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about day

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

Quote by Samuel Johnson about conversation, man

I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.

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I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know deserves it, but I am afraid he is an attorney.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about man, people