From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
SAMUEL JOHNSONA man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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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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When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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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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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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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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Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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