Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
SAMUEL JOHNSONNo man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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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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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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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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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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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
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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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A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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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 there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.
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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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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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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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No man was ever great by imitation.
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