Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
SAMUEL JOHNSONBooks like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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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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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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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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