It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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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When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
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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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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
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Truth allows no choice.
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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.
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A contempt of the monuments and the wisdom of the past, may be justly reckoned one of the reigning follies of these days, to which pride and idleness have equally contributed.
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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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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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Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
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