When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
SAMUEL JOHNSONSlander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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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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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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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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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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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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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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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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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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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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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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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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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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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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The really happy woman is the one who can enjoy the scenery when she has to take a detour. Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but rather a manner of traveling.
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