When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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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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 misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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No 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.
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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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