The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
SAMUEL JOHNSONAlmost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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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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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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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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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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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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