Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
SAMUEL JOHNSONMen more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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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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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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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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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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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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A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
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The really happy woman is the one who can enjoy the scenery when she has to take a detour. Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but rather a manner of traveling.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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