Fraud 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.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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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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The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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If 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.
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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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Grief is a species of idleness.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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