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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.

Samuel Johnson

The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Oneself People Talk Well
Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Himself Man Pride Vice
When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Adversity Escape Remember Suffering
Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Fools Love Wisdom
No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Better Company Enough Food Man Prison Room
What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Effort Happiness Reading Writing
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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Equality Monument Past Pride Wisdom
Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Information Man Reminder
Grief is a species of idleness.
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Born Children Grief One Liner Wasted Time
It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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Business Happiness Himself Man
Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Courage Greatness Himself Man Preserve Security Virtue
Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Kindness Ourselves Power
The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Man Praise Rich Virtue Wealth Wisdom World
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Angel Dangerous Fear Fools Knowledge
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.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Best Deserve Ignorance Insult Motivational Punishment
People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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Instruction Need People

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