Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
SAMUEL JOHNSONIt is better to live rich than to die rich.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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Men who stand in the highest ranks of society seldom hear of their faults; if by any accident an opprobrious clamour reaches their ears, flattery is always at hand to pour in her opiates, to quiet conviction and obtund remorse.
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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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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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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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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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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The future is purchased by the present.
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