A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
SAMUEL JOHNSONPride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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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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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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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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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.
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