Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it.
SAMUEL JOHNSONWhoever commits a fraud is guilty not only of the particular injury to him who he deceives, but of the diminution of that confidence which constitutes not only the ease but the existence of society.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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The really happy woman is the one who can enjoy the scenery when she has to take a detour. Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but rather a manner of traveling.
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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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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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