Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
SAMUEL JOHNSONAdvice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
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Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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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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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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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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Truth allows no choice.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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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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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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There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.
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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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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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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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