Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
SAMUEL JOHNSONThe superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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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Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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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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Whoever commits a fraud is guilty not only of the particular injury to him who he deceives, but of the diminution of that confidence which constitutes not only the ease but the existence of society.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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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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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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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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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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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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