Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
SAMUEL JOHNSONThe wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
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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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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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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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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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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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The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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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 wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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