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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
Samuel Johnson
First
Nothing
Will
Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.
Samuel Johnson
Music
Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
Samuel Johnson
Art
Poetry
Truth
Pleasure
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
Samuel Johnson
Patriotism
Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.
Samuel Johnson
Blessings
Choice
Content
Paradise Lost is a book that, once put down, is very hard to pick up again.
Samuel Johnson
Paradise
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
Samuel Johnson
Perseverance
Strength
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.
Samuel Johnson
Time
Wife
Compliment
First
Man
Wishes
Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
Samuel Johnson
Curiosity
Intellect
Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you sup from home.
Samuel Johnson
Home
Death
Night
Will
There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.
Samuel Johnson
Gratitude
Inferiority
Benefits
Obligation
Pain
Pleasure
Revenge
At seventy-seven it is time to be in earnest.
Samuel Johnson
Time
Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
Samuel Johnson
Life
Man
Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble.
Samuel Johnson
Absurdity
Imitation
Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
Samuel Johnson
Men
Bachelors
Wives