The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
SAMUEL JOHNSONMen more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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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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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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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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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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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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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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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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
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