Age quotes by Dr. Samuel Johnson

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"Language is only the instrument of science, and words are but the signs of ideas."
"Old age is not a disease- it is strength and survivorship, triumph over all kinds of vicissitudes and disappointments, trials and illnesses."
"I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigrees of nations."
"When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it in the power of the weakest and most timourous malignity, if not to take away his satisfaction, at least to withhold it. His enemies may indulge their pride by airy negligence a"
"As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which he cannot apply will make no man wise."
"Language is the dress of thought."