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.
SAMUEL JOHNSONWhat ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn’t deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn’t deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect.
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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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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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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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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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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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