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The true art of memory is the art of attention.

Samuel Johnson

You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Deep Hesitation Myself Sharp Silence Weapon Word Yourself
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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Better Cheating Happiness Suffering Trust Wrong
No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Better Company Enough Food Man Prison Room
A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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Civilization Poor Test True
What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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Diligence Hope Learning
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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Dangerous Integrity Knowledge Weakness
Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.
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Happiness heavy Life Money Mortal Time
Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Law Nature Power Wisdom Woman
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.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Forgive Man Necessary Pain True Value Wisdom
When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Break Hope Kindness Return Rule Violence
The future is purchased by the present.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Deep Future One Liner Present Time
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.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Commitment Existence Guilty Injury Mistake Society
All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Advantage Better Country Enjoyment Himself Improvement Learning Travel Visit Worst
There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Education Knowledge Wisdom
Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Kindness Ourselves Power
Truth allows no choice.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Choice One Liner Truth

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