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.
SAMUEL JOHNSONPower is not sufficient evidence of truth.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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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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There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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To preserve health is a moral and religious duty: for health is the basis of all social virtues; and we can be useful no longer than while we are well.
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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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The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.
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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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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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No man was ever great by imitation.
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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