Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
SAMUEL JOHNSONHow small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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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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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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.
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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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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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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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Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
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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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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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