The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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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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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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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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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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A contempt of the monuments and the wisdom of the past, may be justly reckoned one of the reigning follies of these days, to which pride and idleness have equally contributed.
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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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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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