Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
SAMUEL JOHNSONA little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
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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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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity the state of his mind; but our primary consideration would be to take care of ourselves. We should knock him down first, and pity him afterwards.
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Truth allows no choice.
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Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.
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Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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The really happy woman is the one who can enjoy the scenery when she has to take a detour. Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but rather a manner of traveling.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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To preserve health is a moral and religious duty: for health is the basis of all social virtues; and we can be useful no longer than while we are well.
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