There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
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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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.
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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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No man was ever great by imitation.
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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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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.
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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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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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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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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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