The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
SAMUEL JOHNSONThe true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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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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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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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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