Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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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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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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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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To preserve health is a moral and religious duty: for health is the basis of all social virtues; and we can be useful no longer than while we are well.
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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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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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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Truth allows no choice.
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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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