Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
SAMUEL JOHNSONNone but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Men who stand in the highest ranks of society seldom hear of their faults; if by any accident an opprobrious clamour reaches their ears, flattery is always at hand to pour in her opiates, to quiet conviction and obtund remorse.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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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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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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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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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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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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Truth allows no choice.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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