Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
SAMUEL JOHNSONPeople need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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To preserve health is a moral and religious duty: for health is the basis of all social virtues; and we can be useful no longer than while we are well.
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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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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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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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The future is purchased by the present.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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