Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
SAMUEL JOHNSONWhen a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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.
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Truth allows no choice.
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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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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
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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 horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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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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Grief is a species of idleness.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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