The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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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The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.
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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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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 little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.
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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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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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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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