Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
SAMUEL JOHNSONSorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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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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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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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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When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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