Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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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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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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