Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
SAMUEL JOHNSONNature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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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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When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
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There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.
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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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The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn’t deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect.
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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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Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.
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