Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
SAMUEL JOHNSONHow small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
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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There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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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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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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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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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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Men who stand in the highest ranks of society seldom hear of their faults; if by any accident an opprobrious clamour reaches their ears, flattery is always at hand to pour in her opiates, to quiet conviction and obtund remorse.
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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 man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.
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