Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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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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Truth allows no choice.
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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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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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