Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
SAMUEL JOHNSONPower is not sufficient evidence of truth.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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Truth allows no choice.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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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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A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.
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Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
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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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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it…. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.
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