Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
SAMUEL JOHNSONYou can never be wise unless you love reading.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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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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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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Truth allows no choice.
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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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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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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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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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