A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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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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There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.
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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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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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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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A contempt of the monuments and the wisdom of the past, may be justly reckoned one of the reigning follies of these days, to which pride and idleness have equally contributed.
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Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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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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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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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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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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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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