A little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.
SAMUEL JOHNSON
Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.
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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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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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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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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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