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 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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The future is purchased by the present.
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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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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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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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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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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.
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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.
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All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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