Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
SAMUEL JOHNSONSlander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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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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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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