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William Samuel Johnson
American
Politician
About the author
To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.
William Samuel Johnson,
American
Politician
#Life
#Art
#Opportunity
Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
William Samuel Johnson,
American
Politician
#First
#Passion
#Curiosity
Whatever you have, spend less.
William Samuel Johnson,
American
Politician
Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
William Samuel Johnson,
American
Politician
#Hope
#Will
#Courage
To keep your secret is wisdom; to expect others to keep it is folly.
William Samuel Johnson,
American
Politician
#Wisdom
#Folly
It seems to be the fate of man to seek all his consolations in futurity.
William Samuel Johnson,
American
Politician
#Man
#Fate
Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, sickness and captivity would, without this comfort, be insupportable.
William Samuel Johnson,
American
Politician
#Hope
#Comfort
#Poverty
#Sickness
refuge of scoundrels
William Samuel Johnson,
American
Politician
Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness, which this world affords.
William Samuel Johnson,
American
Politician
#Hope
#World
#Happiness
He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity.
William Samuel Johnson,
American
Politician
#Strength
#Adversity