The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
SAMUEL JOHNSONMy dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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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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A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
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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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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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Whoever commits a fraud is guilty not only of the particular injury to him who he deceives, but of the diminution of that confidence which constitutes not only the ease but the existence of society.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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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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When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
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Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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He 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.
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Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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