Samuel Johnson on the chains of habit

"The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken." -- Samuel Johnson, via Elite Etiquette Tip of the Week

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Samuel Johnson on how to spend your life

"Life is very short, and very uncertain; let us spend it as well as we can." -- Samuel Johnson

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Solitude and Idleness

"If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle." -- Samuel Johnson

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"Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful." -- Samuel Johnson

"I would rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world." -- Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784), via Dog News

"A woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hinder legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all." -- Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784), via Dog News

Drinking | "Wine makes a man better pleased with himself; I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others." -- Samuel Johnson

Money | "A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments." -- Samuel Johnson

Conversation | "That is the happiest conversation where there is no competition, no vanity, but a calm, quiet interchange of sentiments." -- Samuel Johnson

Babies | "Babies do not want to hear about babies; they like to be told of giants and castles." -- Samuel Johnson

Argument | "You raise your voice when you should reinforce your argument." -- Samuel Johnson

"Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense." -- Samuel Johnson, via Bene Diction Blogs On!

"Example is always more efficacious than precept." -- Samuel Johnson

"Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience; you will find it a calamity." -- Samuel Johnson

"It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives." -- Samuel Johnson

"I look upon every day to be lost in which I do not make a new acquaintance." -- Samuel Johnson

"The chief glory of every people arises from its authors." -- Dr. Samuel Johnson

"It is necessary to hope... for hope itself is happiness." -- Samuel Johnson

"Hope is itself a species happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords." -- Samuel Johnson

"There can be no friendship without confidence and no confidence without integrity." -- Samuel Johnson