People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
SAMUEL JOHNSONKindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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 both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.
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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
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How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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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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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
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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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