Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
SAMUEL JOHNSONPrejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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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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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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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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Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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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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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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