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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.

Samuel Johnson

The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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Fashion Opinion Reason
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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Courage Greatness Opportunity Virtue
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.
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Angel Dangerous Fear Fools Knowledge
Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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Advice Need Welcome
Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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Heart Talk Trust Voice Yourself
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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Coward Patriot Refuge
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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Forgive Man Necessary Pain True Value Wisdom
What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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Diligence Hope Learning
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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Care Hands Mad Man Ourselves Pity Room
How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
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Cure Endurance Heart Human King Law
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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Equality Monument Past Pride Wisdom
No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it…. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.
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Abuse Government Human Nature Power Safety
Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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Kindness Ourselves Power
Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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Desire Enjoyment Himself Man Philosophy Poor Rich Wisdom
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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Difficult Gratitude Happiness Success
Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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Aspiration Inspirational One Liner Ourselves Possible

Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.

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