There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.
SAMUEL JOHNSONSir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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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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Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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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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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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Patriotism is the last refuge of the 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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