Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
SAMUEL JOHNSONPeople need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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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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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Truth allows no choice.
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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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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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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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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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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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Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
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There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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