Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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A contempt of the monuments and the wisdom of the past, may be justly reckoned one of the reigning follies of these days, to which pride and idleness have equally contributed.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.
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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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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.
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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
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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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