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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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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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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The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity the state of his mind; but our primary consideration would be to take care of ourselves. We should knock him down first, and pity him afterwards.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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Men who stand in the highest ranks of society seldom hear of their faults; if by any accident an opprobrious clamour reaches their ears, flattery is always at hand to pour in her opiates, to quiet conviction and obtund remorse.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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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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Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
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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 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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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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Truth allows no choice.
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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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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
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