Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
SAMUEL JOHNSONLanguage is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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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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There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity the state of his mind; but our primary consideration would be to take care of ourselves. We should knock him down first, and pity him afterwards.
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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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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
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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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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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