Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn’t deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect.
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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Truth allows no choice.
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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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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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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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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
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