Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
SAMUEL JOHNSONSlander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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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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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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Truth allows no choice.
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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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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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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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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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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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When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
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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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No man was ever great by imitation.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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