Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
SAMUEL JOHNSONPower is not sufficient evidence of truth.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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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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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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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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Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.
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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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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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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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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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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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