A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
SAMUEL JOHNSONWhat 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.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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To preserve health is a moral and religious duty: for health is the basis of all social virtues; and we can be useful no longer than while we are well.
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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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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
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Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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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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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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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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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 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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