Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

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• Samuel Johnson:

  What is easy is seldom excellent.

• Samuel Johnson:

  A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fort

• Samuel Johnson:

  The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

• Samuel Johnson:

  To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self.

• Samuel Johnson:

  Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.

• Samuel Johnson:

  A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.

• Satchel Paige:

  I never rush myself. See, they can't start the game without me.

• Satchel Paige:

  Airplanes may kill you, but they ain't likely to hurt you.

• Satchel Paige:

  How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?

• Satchel Paige:

  Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.