The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
SAMUEL JOHNSONWhat is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
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Truth allows no choice.
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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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No man was ever great by imitation.
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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.
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A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
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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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There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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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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