You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
SAMUEL JOHNSONThere are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
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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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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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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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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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Whoever commits a fraud is guilty not only of the particular injury to him who he deceives, but of the diminution of that confidence which constitutes not only the ease but the existence of society.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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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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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
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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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