A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
SAMUEL JOHNSONWhat is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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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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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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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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No man was ever great by imitation.
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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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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.
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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 there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it.
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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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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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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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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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