Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
SAMUEL JOHNSONPower is not sufficient evidence of truth.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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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Truth allows no choice.
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No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it…. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.
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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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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 is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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