Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
SAMUEL JOHNSONHe 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.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Truth allows no choice.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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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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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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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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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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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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Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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What 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.
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