A 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.
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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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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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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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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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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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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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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When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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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.
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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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