Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
SAMUEL JOHNSONYour manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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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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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it…. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.
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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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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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