Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
SAMUEL JOHNSONPeople need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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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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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity the state of his mind; but our primary consideration would be to take care of ourselves. We should knock him down first, and pity him afterwards.
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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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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.
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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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