When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
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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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
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He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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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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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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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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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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