Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
SAMUEL JOHNSONA horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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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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When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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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.
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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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Grief is a species of idleness.
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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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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.
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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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