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.
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.
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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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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A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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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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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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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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Grief is a species of idleness.
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