Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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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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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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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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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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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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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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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