Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
SAMUEL JOHNSONHe 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.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
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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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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
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When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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