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.
SAMUEL JOHNSONPeople need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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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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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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No man was ever great by imitation.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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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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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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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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Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
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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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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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