A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
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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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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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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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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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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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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Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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