The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
SAMUEL JOHNSONA decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn’t deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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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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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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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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The future is purchased by the present.
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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.
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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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Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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