What is easy is seldom excellent.
SAMUEL JOHNSONFraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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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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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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Truth allows no choice.
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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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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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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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How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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