Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
SAMUEL JOHNSONThe next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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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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Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
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He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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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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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
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