Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
SAMUEL JOHNSONBooks like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
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Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.
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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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Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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