A little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.
SAMUEL JOHNSONA horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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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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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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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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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
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Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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