A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
SAMUEL JOHNSONIt matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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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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A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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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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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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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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The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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