A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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Truth allows no choice.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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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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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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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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