Truth allows no choice.
SAMUEL JOHNSONThere must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.
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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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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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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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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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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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