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.
SAMUEL JOHNSONPower is not sufficient evidence of truth.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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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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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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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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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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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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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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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
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A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.
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