Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
SAMUEL JOHNSONPrejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
SAMUEL JOHNSONA man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.
SAMUEL JOHNSONNone but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
SAMUEL JOHNSONThere must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
SAMUEL JOHNSONNature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
SAMUEL JOHNSONKindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
SAMUEL JOHNSONPride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
SAMUEL JOHNSONEvery man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
SAMUEL JOHNSONA little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.
SAMUEL JOHNSONWhat is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
SAMUEL JOHNSONFraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
SAMUEL JOHNSONIgnorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it.
SAMUEL JOHNSONIf your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
SAMUEL JOHNSONNo 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.
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.
SAMUEL JOHNSONLove is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
SAMUEL JOHNSON