What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
SAMUEL JOHNSONPeople need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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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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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.
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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 future is purchased by the present.
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Truth allows no choice.
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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