Quote by Samuel Johnson
Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of

Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price. – Samuel Johnson

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It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world. – Samuel Johnson

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Truth
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Some people have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat. For my part, I mind my belly very studiously, and very carefully; for I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else. – Samuel Johnson

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

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Courage
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The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of all pleasures. – Luc De Clapiers

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Labor

Temperance and labor are the two true physicians of man. – Jean Jacques Rousseau

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Take not from the mouth of labor the bread it as earned. – Thomas Jefferson

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Labor

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey. – Thomas A. Edison

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Of all the species of literary composition, perhaps biography is the most delightful. The attention concentrated on one individual gives a unity to the materials of which it is composed, which is wanting in general history. – Robert Hall

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A good cigar is like a beautiful chick with a great body who also knows the American League box scores. – M*A*S*H, Klinger, “Bug-Out,” 1976

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Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilized by education; they grow there, firm as weeds among stones. – Charlotte Bronte

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