What is easy is seldom excellent.
SAMUEL JOHNSONNone but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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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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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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Truth allows no choice.
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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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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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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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