When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
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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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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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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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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There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.
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Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.
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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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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it…. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.
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