People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
SAMUEL JOHNSONPower is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity the state of his mind; but our primary consideration would be to take care of ourselves. We should knock him down first, and pity him afterwards.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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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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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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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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The future is purchased by the present.
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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