Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
SAMUEL JOHNSONIt is better to live rich than to die rich.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn’t deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
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