Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
SAMUEL JOHNSONAdvice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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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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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
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Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.
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