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.
SAMUEL JOHNSONThe superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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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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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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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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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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