It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
SAMUEL JOHNSONLove is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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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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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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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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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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When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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To preserve health is a moral and religious duty: for health is the basis of all social virtues; and we can be useful no longer than while we are well.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.
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A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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