A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
SAMUEL JOHNSONLove is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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 misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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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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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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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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When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
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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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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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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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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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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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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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No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it…. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.
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All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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