Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
SAMUEL JOHNSONPeople need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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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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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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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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Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
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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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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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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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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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