A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
SAMUEL JOHNSONSlander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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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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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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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 future is purchased by the present.
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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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Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
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A contempt of the monuments and the wisdom of the past, may be justly reckoned one of the reigning follies of these days, to which pride and idleness have equally contributed.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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