A contempt of the monuments and the wisdom of the past, may be justly reckoned one of the reigning follies of these days, to which pride and idleness have equally contributed.
SAMUEL JOHNSONKindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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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Grief is a species of idleness.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
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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 more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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