Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
SAMUEL JOHNSONNever trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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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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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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