When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
SAMUEL JOHNSONCuriosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
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A contempt of the monuments and the wisdom of the past, may be justly reckoned one of the reigning follies of these days, to which pride and idleness have equally contributed.
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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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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites 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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The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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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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Grief is a species of idleness.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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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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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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