Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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Men who stand in the highest ranks of society seldom hear of their faults; if by any accident an opprobrious clamour reaches their ears, flattery is always at hand to pour in her opiates, to quiet conviction and obtund remorse.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
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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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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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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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