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.
SAMUEL JOHNSONA 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.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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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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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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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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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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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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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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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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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn’t deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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