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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.

Samuel Johnson

Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
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Choice Liberty Nation Starve Work
Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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Curiosity Generosity Greatness Mindset
Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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Art Himself Person Photograph Work
To preserve health is a moral and religious duty: for health is the basis of all social virtues; and we can be useful no longer than while we are well.
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Health Moral Preserve Religious Social Virtue
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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Accident Hands Herself Man Mistake Quiet Reach Society Stand
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.
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Angel Dangerous Fear Fools Knowledge
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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Coward Patriot Refuge
Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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Evidence One Liner Power Truth
It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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Business Happiness Himself Man
Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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Coward Defense Revenge
He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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Goodness Greatness Himself Wait
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 JOHNSON

Equality Monument Past Pride Wisdom
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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Expression Greatness Himself Hope Man Meaning World
When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
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Adversity Escape Remember Suffering
The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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Associate Greatness Local Man Position
A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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Growth Man Mindset Place

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