There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
SAMUEL JOHNSONTruth allows no choice.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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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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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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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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There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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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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No man was ever great by imitation.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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