Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
SAMUEL JOHNSONNo man was ever great by imitation.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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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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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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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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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
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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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