Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
SAMUEL JOHNSONAll 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.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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The future is purchased by the present.
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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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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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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Truth allows no choice.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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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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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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