The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
SAMUEL JOHNSONWhat we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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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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The future is purchased by the present.
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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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The really happy woman is the one who can enjoy the scenery when she has to take a detour. Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but rather a manner of traveling.
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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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.
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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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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Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
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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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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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