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Quote by Samuel Johnson
He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long

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

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you sup from home. – Samuel Johnson

Category:
Death
Author
Samuel Johnson
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Life must be filled up, and the man who is not capable of intellectual pleasures must content himself with such as his senses can afford. – Samuel Johnson

Category:
Play/Games
Author
Samuel Johnson
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A short letter to a distant friend is, in my opinion, an insult like that of a slight bow or cursory salutation — a proof of unwillingness to do much, even where there is a necessity of doing something. – Samuel Johnson

Category:
Letters (writing)
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Samuel Johnson
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The only reason Im in Hollywood is that I dont have the moral courage to refuse the money. – Marlon Brando

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Courage

I have a hat. It is graceful and feminine and give me a certain dignity, as if I were attending a state funeral or something. Someday I may get up enough courage to wear it, instead of carrying it. – Erma Bombeck

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Courage

Yes, you must have the courage of being free. – Jose Carreras

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Courage

In times of conflict, war, poverty or religious fundamentalism, women and children are the first and most numerous victims. Women need all their courage today. – Isabel Allende

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Courage

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Contemplative and bookish men must of necessity be more quarrelsome than others, because they contend not about matter of fact, nor can determine their controversies by any certain witnesses, nor judges. But as long as they go towards peace, that is Truth, it is no matter which way. – John Donne

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What better model of a synthesis than a nocturnal dream? Dreams simplify, dont they? – Manuel Puig

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After I won the Oscar, my salary doubled, my friends tripled, my children became more popular at school, my butcher made a pass at me, and my maid hit me up for a raise. – Shirley Jones

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Decay and disease are often beautiful, like the pearly tear of the shellfish and the hectic glow of consumption. – Henry David Thoreau, journal, 1852 June 11th

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