I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
SAMUEL JOHNSONLove is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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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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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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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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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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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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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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