Truth allows no choice.
SAMUEL JOHNSONFraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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The really happy woman is the one who can enjoy the scenery when she has to take a detour. Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but rather a manner of traveling.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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