No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it…. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.
SAMUEL JOHNSONIgnorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it.
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A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.
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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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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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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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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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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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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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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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