When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
SAMUEL JOHNSONPower is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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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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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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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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Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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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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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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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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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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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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