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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

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Death
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Samuel Johnson
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Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing when we have made it, the next wish is to change again. – Samuel Johnson

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Change
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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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Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it. – Jean Paul

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Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed. – Mason Cooley

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I want to thank the Academy for its courage and generosity. – Elia Kazan

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Courage to be is the key to revelatory power of the feminist revolution. – Mary Daly

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The secret of living in peace with all people lies in the art of understanding each one by his own individuality. – Friedrich Ludwig Jahn

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The best kind of friend is the one you could sit on a porch with, never saying a word, and walk away feeling like that was the best conversation you’ve had. – Author Unknown

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As a people, we have become obsessed with Health. There is something fundamentally, radically unhealthy about all this. We do not seem to be seeking more exuberance in living as much as staving off failure, putting off dying. We have lost all confidence in the human body. – Lewis Thomas, The Medusa and the Snail, 1979

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Your outlook upon life, your estimate of yourself, your estimate of your value are largely colored by your environment. Your whole career will be modified, shaped, molded by your surroundings, by the character of the people with whom you come in contact every day… – Orison Swett Marden

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