The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
SAMUEL JOHNSONMen more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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Truth allows no choice.
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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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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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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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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
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Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
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A contempt of the monuments and the wisdom of the past, may be justly reckoned one of the reigning follies of these days, to which pride and idleness have equally contributed.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it…. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.
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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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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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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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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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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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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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