The true art of memory is the art of attention.
SAMUEL JOHNSONYour manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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Whoever commits a fraud is guilty not only of the particular injury to him who he deceives, but of the diminution of that confidence which constitutes not only the ease but the existence of society.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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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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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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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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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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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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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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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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When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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