It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.
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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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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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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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To preserve health is a moral and religious duty: for health is the basis of all social virtues; and we can be useful no longer than while we are well.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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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.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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