Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
SAMUEL JOHNSONBooks like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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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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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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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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No man was ever great by imitation.
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