There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.
SAMUEL JOHNSONLanguage is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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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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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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