When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
SAMUEL JOHNSONA man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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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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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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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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