A little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.
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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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.
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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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Whoever commits a fraud is guilty not only of the particular injury to him who he deceives, but of the diminution of that confidence which constitutes not only the ease but the existence of society.
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.
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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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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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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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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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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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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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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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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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