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Samuel Johnson

To preserve health is a moral and religious duty: for health is the basis of all social virtues; and we can be useful no longer than while we are well.
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Health Moral Preserve Religious Social Virtue
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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Commitment Existence Guilty Injury Mistake Society
What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn’t deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect.
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Best Deserve Ignorance Insult Motivational Punishment
Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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Bed Coward Night Sleep Thinking
Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
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Argument Myself Understand Yourself
None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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Fools Himself Influence Power Worry
Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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Fools Love Wisdom
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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Care Hands Mad Man Ourselves Pity Room
The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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Knowledge Wisdom
Truth allows no choice.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Choice One Liner Truth
Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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Books Choice Friendship
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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Desire Man Myself Reading Writing
The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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Oneself People Talk Well
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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Coward Patriot Refuge
Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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Argument Reason Remove
Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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Make Up Tears Weapon Woman

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