Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
SAMUEL JOHNSONEach person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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The really happy woman is the one who can enjoy the scenery when she has to take a detour. Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but rather a manner of traveling.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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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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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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No man was ever great by imitation.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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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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Truth allows no choice.
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Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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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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