Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
SAMUEL JOHNSONA 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.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
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Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it.
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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To preserve health is a moral and religious duty: for health is the basis of all social virtues; and we can be useful no longer than while we are well.
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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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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