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.
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.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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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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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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Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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