Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
SAMUEL JOHNSONTruth allows no choice.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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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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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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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
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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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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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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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There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.
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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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