Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
SAMUEL JOHNSONWhoever commits a fraud is guilty not only of the particular injury to him who he deceives, but of the diminution of that confidence which constitutes not only the ease but the existence of society.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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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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Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
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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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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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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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Truth allows no choice.
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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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Whoever commits a fraud is guilty not only of the particular injury to him who he deceives, but of the diminution of that confidence which constitutes not only the ease but the existence of society.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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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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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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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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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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Men who stand in the highest ranks of society seldom hear of their faults; if by any accident an opprobrious clamour reaches their ears, flattery is always at hand to pour in her opiates, to quiet conviction and obtund remorse.
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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