Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
SAMUEL JOHNSONYou hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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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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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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Whoever commits a fraud is guilty not only of the particular injury to him who he deceives, but of the diminution of that confidence which constitutes not only the ease but the existence of society.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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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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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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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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