Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
SAMUEL JOHNSONYou can never be wise unless you love reading.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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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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What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn’t deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect.
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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 next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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