The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
SAMUEL JOHNSONIf you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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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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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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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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The future is purchased by the present.
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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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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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