Quotes about Man, page 35

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.

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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.

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Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about man

Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about man

Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.

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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.

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By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first, by showing that she made him so happy as a married man, that he wishes to be so a second time.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about man

Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about man

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about man

Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him; for where there is nothing but pure misery there never is any recourse to the mention of it.

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Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test.

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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about man

Every man who attacks my belief, diminishes in some degree my confidence in it, and therefore makes me uneasy; and I am angry with him who makes me uneasy.

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Everything that enlarges the sphere of human powers, that shows man he can do what he thought he could not do, is valuable.

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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.

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

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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.

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

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

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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