The true art of memory is the art of attention.
SAMUEL JOHNSONThe true art of memory is the art of attention.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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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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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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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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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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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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When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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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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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn’t deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect.
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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