People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
SAMUEL JOHNSONWhat is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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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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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity the state of his mind; but our primary consideration would be to take care of ourselves. We should knock him down first, and pity him afterwards.
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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 matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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