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.
SAMUEL JOHNSONYou can never be wise unless you love reading.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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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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The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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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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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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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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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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